I saw a couple of men doing cleanup soon after the fourth - very disappointing that they left so much mess behind. Maybe Indian Head isn't the right place for the show after all. Aside from terrifying the park creatures and posing a serious fire hazard.

Why cant fireworks be done off Long Wharf area over the water..It would be reason enough to clean up that garbage dump and plenty of parking. What might happen is what Middletown did back in the 90's..waterfront in now lovely!!

Always was held over the harbor until about 6 years ago. Not sure what motivated the change. I do remember kind of dense crowds making their way to Long Wharf; maybe the city authorities figured access would be easier in the new location. But it has it's drawbacks, especially if they can't manage to clean up after themselves.

I've had to reach out to Becky Bombero from the Parks Department every year after the fireworks show to ask why there's not a prompt, thorough cleanup. Becky, I look forward to your thoughts on whether this year's post-fireworks condition of Indian Head is acceptable. I'm happy to meet you onsite for a walk through any time.

@ Ravenclaw..Middletown used to have the fireworks in a ball field right near our house and every year there had to be a s firetruck posted at our house in case of flying debris etc. When the then Mayor made the decision to restore the waterfront, it has become a really beautiful area...It didnt cost anything other than getting field mowed once in a while...installing benches which given how many the city has in storage that would not be an expense...Fireworks are let off, beautiful event and everybody goes home happy...Imagine having dinner somewhere close by, seeing fireworks...or having picnic with family and friends...There is so much NH could do that costs nothing but because it doesnt have a strong leader we the residents always do without!

There was a ticket one year ago for this very same issue...

Why would the city enter into a contract with a vendor that leaves the site trashed year after year? I can think of all sorts of reasons and none of them are acceptable.

@BenBerkowitz, this is a great example why many of us long time SeeClickFix users are losing faith in the system. It's just not working effectively anymore. I posted this SCF ticket weeks ago. No "Acknowledgement" from the City. (Though of course as I've said many times "Acknowledgement" alone isn't the answer anyway.) There's no dialogue happening here with representatives from the City about how to make the post 4th of July fireworks cleanup better (which I'm guessing for this specific issue would be with Becky Bombero in charge of the Parks Department). SCF is not checking back in with me as the original poster to see if there's been a satisfactory resolution, which of course necessarily means that there's no transparent, public reporting being done about whether issues are satisfactorily being resolved. Not just "Acknowledged" but "Resolved." The current workflow is broken and it's frustrating. Many of us are now getting to the point of "why bother" when asked if we've posted a concern to SeeClickFix.

@ Rob Locke...I find myself with the same mindset...There really doesn't seem to be any point to this and NOT because we the residents are not reporting issues! It would seem city hall has once again...dropped the ball...Guess tax payers are no longer important...

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The issue has been resolved. If you need to report a new issue please do so in See Click Fix or call the Department of Parks, Recreation and Trees at (203) 946 - 8004. Thank you.