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Hi,
I live in Central square and it’s been almost a week( starting from May 25th) that there are multiple really loud firecracker and fireworks noises every nights (7pm-2am) from north(Mid-Cambridge). It’s really loud that I’m sure all my neighbor communities in Cambridge and even Somerville can hear it too. It def passed beyond the noise control level. I’m ok with some of them before 11PM but it just seems really strange to have firecracker noise in the sky multiple times per night at around 12AM and 1AM still, like today(May 28th). It completely destroys my sleep for the whole week but I had no clue what those loud fireworks noise’s for. Could you please take a look at the firework noise that’s been happening everyday from May 25th in Cambridge? Many thanks!
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City of Cambridge (Verified Official)
Robert Winters (Registered User)
Cambridge 101 (Registered User)
Adam (Registered User)
Closed City Hall – DR (Verified Official)
Reopened Mary (Registered User)
N C Neighbor (Registered User)
Walker (Registered User)
Mary (Registered User)
Clearly it's happening in more than one part of Cambridge. Is it also in Somerville or Arlington?
NB: the times I've heard it the Porter Square area have been in daylight. Why would someone shoot off fireworks by daylight?
City Hall – DR (Verified Official)
Acknowledged Police - JW (Communications) (Verified Official)
Thank you for reporting your concern to City of Cambridge via Commonwealth Connect. We are aware of recent firework activity in the area and have been using a data-driven approach to direct patrols to specific areas at specific times that align with previously reported complaints.
It is illegal for private citizens to use, possess, or sell fireworks in Massachusetts, or to purchase them legally elsewhere and then transport them into the state. The law prohibits any article designed to produce a visible or audible effect.
If residents have specific information about who may be responsible for firework setting, they are encouraged to contact the Cambridge Police at 617-349-3300 or anonymously you can text a tip to Cambridge Police, by sending a text message to Tip411 (847411). Begin your message with Tip650 and then type your message.
SH (Registered User)
mishamish (Registered User)
Is anyone hearing them right now, in the middle of the day? Its hard to tell because there aren't follow up pops like fireworks and its light, but all of the banging outside is SO annoying
This past Sunday night, they were lighting them off in the parking lot of St Mary of the Annunciation Parish. They are definitely moving because thats the first time I have seen them there.
SH (Registered User)
An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)
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Closed Police - JW (Communications) (Verified Official)
On a nightly basis, we are directing available patrols to locations at the times in which we are receiving calls and reports, and where Officers have witnessed fireworks. The Cambridge Fire Department is also distributing educational materials about the dangers of fireworks during their bike deployments.