Fire chiefs lend cool reception to relaxing fireworks law

Midcoast fire chiefs are generally not in favor of a bill now generating debate across the state to loosen consumer prohibitions on fireworks, such as firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, bombs, rockets, wheels and other fireworks. The proposed legislation, LD 83, "An Act To Legalize the Sale, Possession and Use of Fireworks," has been referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public ...