To the Editor: Perhaps Gov. Kelly Ayotte will consider including the detonation of fireworks in her ban of fires and smoking to protect us, our property, our forests, and our wildlife from wildfires.

Of course, we want fireworks! The Napa City Council is so proud of themselves, having eliminated Fourth of July fireworks that they actually "crow" about it! They seem to think that eliminating one of ...

The time is overdue for New Jersey to follow the lead taken by New York in legalizing the sale and use of certain consumer fireworks. New York is the 47th state to make some level of consumer ...

With commercial-grade fireworks for sale in many places, it is best to remember the dangers of unlicensed people handling them. According to the National Emergency Department Sample, there are ...

And we should be empathetic to the many of our neighbors who are dealing with PTSD. Our extreme drought, and the fire risk associated with fireworks, adds another dimension to the argument. Although ...

There is chaos happening today. It's escalating and frightening. Hoping for some local sanity, I look to our current area governments for some calm and sane choices for the people. Alas, not to be.

Fireworks are illegal in the city of New Orleans. Yet, every year, weeks before the Fourth of July and weeks after, fireworks are going off and it sounds like a war zone. I hear dogs barking all night ...

July 24 − To the Editor: My apologies for the delay in this letter but it has taken me a while to put paw to paper and address the recent fireworks saga in Portsmouth. I walk close to 5 miles on any ...

But I am slightly disturbed that there weren't more restrooms. A big inconvenience for the hundreds of people who came and spent all day there. And again, I am disturbed to no end by the personal ...