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To help celebrate Labor Day here in the U S of A, I saved some of my fireworks display photographs from Star Wars Night put on by the Syracuse Chiefs baseball squad at NBT Bank Stadium here in Central New York. Happy day to all. Hover over any gallery photo for a description. Click on…

Fine fireworks from the Chiefs at Star Wars Night

It took until mid-August for my dear wife Karen and I to take in our fireworks this summer. Terrific daughter Elisabeth and tremendous significant George Three invited us to Star Wars night at the Syracuse Chiefs game Saturday night at NBT Bank Stadium. The spectacle was, well, spectacular, and the Chiefs won in one of…

If you light them up, please be careful

With three days to set things off, somebody somewhere is going to hurt themself. Or, worse yet, send a bottle rocket or another home firework off into the good night and have it land and turn somebody else’s holiday weekend into a nightmare. For my July Fourth Weekend edition of my Mark It Up community…

All-American night at the park

The folks who run the Syracuse Chiefs and the city’s department of parks and recreation decided that NBT Bank Stadium was the perfect place for a July Fourth doubleheader. The 7 p.m. Triple-A game between the Chiefs and Pawtucket Red Sox and following fireworks display drew quite a buzz. By 6:30 p.m. all entrances to…