N-B Links: Boom time

‘Tis the season for explosions — but Bluffton officials say any patriotic pyrotechnics lit before 5 p.m. Sunday, June 29, breaks the law.

According to the city’s website,  residents can only legally ignite fireworks from 5 p.m. to two hours after sunset June 29 through July 3 and July 5 through July 9. They can fire them from 10 a.m. to midnight Friday, July 4.

Violation of the ordinance is a Class C infraction.

Learn more in the Friday, June 13, News-Banner, and learn about the city's Fourth of July festival by clicking here.