The Martha s Vineyard Times
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.”