![]() ![]() “It was not what we were expecting to do this year, but when it was laid out in front of us that way, where they said if you want us to come it’s going to cost that much, we said we’re going to need to raise that money one way or another,” Coats said. The additional $5,000 will come from revenue from races like the Shamrock Shuffle 5K, which typically goes to improvement projects in the city’s parks. This year, the department will spend $10,000. Lebanon, New Hampshire, has spent $5,000 for a 20-minute show on the Fourth of July at Storrs Hill for many years, said Paul Coats, director of the Lebanon Recreation, Arts and Parks Department. The cost of fireworks has largely remained stable for communities Samson said in his 12 years as town administrator it has always been $5,000. “I just don’t feel that morally I can ask the donor to increase that donation.” “That’s a pretty big jump,” Samson said of the increase from $5,000 to $10,000. ![]() ![]() Town Administrator Mike Samson decided to cancel Canaan, New Hampshire’s show rather than ask Cardigan Mountain School, which traditionally funds the display, to double its donation. There were only two or three towns that decided to cancel a show with Northstar, Swenson said. ![]()
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