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Fireworks are launched from the Baltimore Street bridge in this Jan. 1, 2018, file photo. The city won t hold it s annual New Year s Eve celebration this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Steve Bittner
CUMBERLAND â The city of Cumberland will not hold its traditional New Yearâs Eve celebration, another casualty of mounting COVID-19 cases in the region, Downtown Development Commission Executive Director Melinda Kelleher said Thursday.
The city traditionally rings in the new year with a ball drop and fireworks at midnight.
âAfter much discussionâ with Mayor Raymond Morriss and the members of City Council, Kelleher said, it became apparent that thereâs simply no good way to accommodate the crowd that the celebration tends to draw safely.