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Article: Verbal fireworks, yes
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 7, 2009
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ABINGTON
VERBAL FIREWORKS, YES - Is revenge the reason the town won't have
a fireworks show this year? Night Before the Fourth Committee
chairman Robert Baker thinks so. Baker said he believes Abington
Fire Chief Arthur Pelland's recent decision not to issue a permit to
a New Hampshire fireworks company to stage the pyrotechnic display
is Pelland's way of punishing town officials and residents for
favoring budget cuts to the fire and police departments. Pelland
denies his decision was a matter of revenge and said with only five
of the town's 20 firefighters on duty during a shift, he does not
have the staff to protect the town adequately if an emergency broke
out during the fireworks show. ...
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