Boom! Crash! Hooray!

[on-reserve.livejournal.com]

Probably too late to be asking but ...

... are any towns nearby doing fireworks tonight? I'd rather not schlep into Boston and fight the huge crowds. Anywhere near/around Somerville?

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[ron_newman]

http://www.mass.gov/Eeops/docs/dfs/news/events/2008_fireworks_displays.pdf
http://www.wickedlocalparents.com/celebrate-fourth-july-local-fun

Newton or Waltham are probably your best bet.

Another alternative: watch the Boston fireworks from Prospect Hill Park here in Somerville.

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

it's totally too late now, but we went to Tisch Library on Tufts Campus. Granted, you couldnt' actually get on the roof because they were doing some construction there, but there was a nice crowd of us (50-100 people?) sitting on the hill and we had a great view of the fireworks. Someone even had a radio tuned to the pops, so we could hear the music.

[teele-sq.livejournal.com]

I watched the fireworks (http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/CHEMWEEK/fireworks/fireworks.htm) from McGrath Highway and it kinda sucked. There was an immense cloud of smoke that formed but never really dissipated, so I spent most of the show with an obstructed view. This is the same thing that happened to me two years ago when I watched from Charlestown Navy Yard.

The view from Tufts was a good one? Perhaps I'll try that next year.