A couple of citizens expressed concerns during the Monday night North Newton City Council meeting about extending the days fireworks can be ignited in town during a lengthy discussion about the matter. Gwen Neufeld and Evelyn Adams were against the proposed idea of extending the days to Saturday and Sunday, since the Fourth of July in on a Monday this year. The amount of time fireworks can be discharged in North Newton is only on the Fourth of July. “There’s a reason people don’t want to live on the other side of the railroad tracks,” Neufeld told the council, adding the nightmare of the noise used to stress her out when her children were quite young. … City Administrator Kyle Fiedler told the council they received copies of an email and letter sent to the city against extending fireworks days. He also said the city of Newton is allowing the sale and discharge of fireworks from June 27 through July 4 and that the North Newton Council hasn’t addressed changing the town’s stance on the matter for 23 years.
Source: Harvey County Now
