A plan that would have allowed Oahu residents to set off fountain-type fireworks on New Year’s Eve and Day and Independence Day has fizzled. The measure was deferred abruptly at Wednesday’s City Council meeting.
Move To Ease City’s Ban On Fireworks Now A Dud
Gordon Y.K. Pang, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Thu, 11/05/2015 - 2:34pm
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