Fireworks are expected to explode in the sky of Andover’s Central Park every night this week, and some people are not excited.
“This is ridiculous. Some people have to work tomorrow,” Jeanette Kay Cole commented on a Monday night Facebook post by the City of Andover.
“Wish we had been told earlier and I think they should stop earlier it’s a school night,” Rose Mayginnes said in a comment. The fireworks are a part of the National Fireworks Association annual convention in Wichita and Andover this week. But convention attendees can shoot off fireworks from dusk until 10:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, the Andover Police Department said in a Facebook post. More than 900 members from around the world are attending the event, which includes nightly firework product demonstrations in Central Park.
“This is the time when vendors get to show off their new products and wholesalers/distributors can decide if they want to add them to their purchase orders,” police said in the post. “The products being demonstrated will range from the small fountains set on the ground, to the larger aerial fireworks.”
“It’s awful if you have little ones or anyone trying to sleep,” Holly Graves commented on the post. Nobody spoke against the nightly firework demonstrations when they were approved at a city council meeting about a month ago, Andover Mayor Ben Lawrence said in an email. He said the city used its monthly sewer bill mailing insert, cable channel 7, Twitter and Facebook to inform residents before the convention.
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