Oak Bluffs has brushed aside a high school project funding formula suggested by Chilmark. After deliberation on the subject and after learning the town’s finance committee had roundly rejected the idea, the Oak Bluffs select board resolved to push forward an “equitable argument,” as chair Brian Packish put it, and to convene an all-Island select […]
The Oak Bluffs Firemen’s Civic Association is setting up an ambulance at the Oak Bluffs fire station on Saturday, Dec. 11, from 9 am to 4 pm, that by the end of the day will be chock full of unwrapped toys and special gifts for Island kids. All the donations benefit the Red Stocking Fund. […]
After two years of no August fireworks in Oak Bluffs, town leaders put together a committee to spark the event back to life. Traditionally the Oak Bluffs Firemen’s Civic Association plans, fundraises, applies for permits, executes, and cleans up the popular end-of-summer event, all with volunteers. But the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with a lack of […]
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Oak Bluffs cancels August fireworks again
The Oak Bluffs fireworks have been canceled for the second year in a row.
The Oak Bluffs fireworks, which are held in August, have been canceled for the second year in a row.
The event, put on by the Oak Bluffs Firemen’s Civic Association, was set to be the 45th celebration, but association president James Moreis Jr. told The Times the uncertainty of the pandemic, lack of personnel, and financial issues contributed to the association voting unanimously to cancel it.
“It’s a mixture of things,” Moreis said. “People think it goes up in an hour and that’s it. We have to set up, put up signage, we have to have manpower for parking; there’s a lot that goes into clean up.”