Winslow voters to consider 2 contested races featuring 5 candidates

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Published
November 1, 2022

Winslow voters to consider 2 contested races featuring 5 candidates

In one race, a former town councilor comes out of retirement to challenge two incumbents for an at-large council position, and in the other contest, a 19-year-old Thomas College student competes for a school board seat with a former town councilor of 26 years.
Published
September 30, 2022

Winslow residents to decide whether to ban the use of fireworks in town

Winslow is the latest municipality in Maine to consider prohibiting or restricting the use of pyrotechnics.
Published
August 7, 2022

Photos: Fireworks light up the night sky over the Great Eddy wrapping up Skowhegan’s River Fest

Central Maine Pyrotechnics provided the show over the Kennebec River as Dinner In The Park wraps up Saturday. All proceeds from the popular dinner go to revitalization projects for the city of Skowhegan. Photos by Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel.
Published
July 3, 2022

Fireworks display business rebounds despite higher costs

This Fourth of July holiday season will be the busiest ever for Central Maine Pyrotechnics, the Farmingdale-based pyrotechnics company, despite higher costs for products, shipping, labor and transportation.
Published
June 29, 2022

Interactive Map: Find Fourth of July fireworks displays in Maine

Shows take place across Maine, with many locations offering rain dates.
Published
June 15, 2021

Legislators weighing whether to ban consumer fireworks in Maine

Officials hope to find a compromise that would impose more restrictions in a bid to lower the volume of fireworks-related complaints.
Published
June 4, 2020

Virus a big boom for consumer fireworks sales, big bust for commercial display companies

Central Maine Pyrotechnics sees revenue loss as municipalities cancel or postpone Fourth of July fireworks shows.