OCEAN CITY — There will be no fireworks show on New Year’s Eve after all after resort officials last week announced they were postponing the event based on guidance from the county health department.
The fireworks show planned for Northside Park on New Year’s Eve had been moved from the Fourth of July after the Mayor and Council postponed the traditional mid-summer fireworks shows downtown at the Boardwalk and uptown at Northside Park. Those shows were cancelled over concerns of thousands of spectators cramming in and around both venues.
Instead, the town continued to work with the vendor, Celebration Fireworks, on alternative dates, including possibly in conjunction with the OC Air Show, which had been moved from the traditional mid-June dates to August. Another alternative was moving the Fourth of July fireworks to Labor Day weekend as a send-off for what was decidedly an unforgettable summer.
After considerable debate, the Mayor and Council decided to move the original Fourth of July fireworks to New Year’s Eve as a crescendo of sorts for the modified Winterfest of Lights and the culmination of the troublesome 2020. Last week, however, with the recent COVID spike continuing, town officials announced they were cancelling the oft-moved NYE fireworks show at Northside Park. The decision was made after consulting with the Worcester County Health Department, according to a statement from the town.
That`s ashame, The thugs and low lifes will have to go somewhere else for their annual new years eve mugging and robbings.
I’m pulling the plug on OC for good it’s a crap town I’ll go to Bethany instead
Should have never come down to a decision a couple weeks b4 New Years. City Hall knew weeks in advance activities from thx giving to NYE were shot. Save every penny Rickie. You all will need it. JAN and FEB will be worse yet with transition of Administrative power at 1600 Penn Ave in DC. Big freeze is coming so the new group can figure things out. Happens with every change of admin….regardless of national or world distress. Vaccine for commoners…not until Summer Time. Whats the plan for the endless summer of 2021….especially without J1s. Oh u think the new admin will change those rules in time? You and City fail want to take on that liability?
Putz