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The Dam area will be open to emergency vehicles only; access to the Dam Road will be blocked off on both sides. No parking is allowed on the northbound side of Rt.106, starting from the Maple Street intersection to Airport Road. No parking on either side of Airport Road and Reservoir Road.
The patriotic display, sponsored by VTel begins at 9 p.m. sharp, immediately following the singing of the national anthem by 9-year-old Jordan Noyes of Springfield. Admission is free to everyone.
The Saturday, July 6th, celebration begins at 10.30 am, with Hartness State Airport and VTel cooperating to host Airport Awareness Day. Twin State Flyers, the local Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association, will be offering free airplane rides, on a first-come first-served basis, to youths aged 8 to 17 through its Young Eagles program. Flights are scheduled to begin at 10:30 am until 3:30 pm. The airport has invited aviation groups to “fly-in,” and different types of aircraft are expected to visit throughout the day.
VTel is hosting airshow performer Dan Marcotte of Bakersfield, VT, who will bring his Ultimate Biplane to perform two sets of 12-minute airshow acrobatics between noon and 4 pm.
Weather permitting, the Hartness-based New England Soaring Association, the oldest continuously operating soaring club in the country, plans to be active. There will also be information about the upcoming Aviation Careers Education Camp to be held later in July.
Food offerings are expected to begin shortly after noon. “We’ve invited some wonderful local food artisans to show or sell local products, along with local entertainment,” said Michel Guité, President of VTel. VTel volunteers will give away 1,000 free pints of apple cider, fresh squeezed for the Saturday event by Cold Hollow Cider Mill, of Waterbury. Squeels-On-Wheels of Ludlow will offer for sale pulled pork and chicken, barbecued on site. Springfield Food Co-op, and Springfield’s Cherry Hill Farm, will offer home-made apple pies, strawberries, raspberries and cream. The Walpole Scoop Shop, of Walpole, NH will also be there featuring award-winning Walpole Creamery super premium ice cream and other fine frozen desserts. Ten clowns and jugglers and acrobats from Nimble Arts of Brattleboro will circulate among the crowd to entertain children, with the clowns arriving at 5 pm. Additionally, there is expected to be a contingent of classic cars on display by the Car Nutz car club of Newport, NH, for most of the day.
On the day of the event, there will be Temporary No Parking Signs posted on the northbound side of Rt.106, starting from the Maple Street intersection.
The signs will be posted on the northbound side ONLY and will continue all the way out Rt.106 to Airport Road.
The signs will then be posted on Airport Road, on both sides of the road, up to the intersection of Kendrick's Corner.
Signs will also be posted on Reservoir Road, located on both sides of the road.
In the event a car is found to be parked in a No Parking area, the deputies/officers have been told to radio dispatch with the registration and attempt to reach the owner, in order to get the car removed. ATTENTION --- If the owner cannot be reached, the car will then be towed.
It was decided to keep the Dam area open to emergency vehicles only; access to the Dam Road will be blocked off on both sides, with the use of deputies and barricades.
“Fireworks are returning to Springfield after a seven-year absence” said Bob Flint, CEO of Springfield Regional Development Commission. “We’re grateful to VTel for making this happen.”
Michel Guité said “For VTel it’s a wonderful opportunity to support the important work of Springfield Regional Development Commission, and to highlight local performers and artists and foods, and simultaneously do an official ribbon-cutting to mark the start of VTel’s Wireless Open World (WOW) project.”
“Over 1,500 VTel WOW customers are now getting fastest-in-the-world GigE to homes,” Guité added. “Our new WOW VTelevision, with 500 video channels, will start serving a first 50 test customers this week. Our 4G/LTE WOW wireless network is today serving Springfield, with Hardwick completed last week, Hartford in a few days, and over 40 new wireless sites under construction.”
*****SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT TRAFFIC CONTROL*****
The signs will be posted on the northbound side ONLY and will continue all the way out Rt.106 to Airport Road.
The signs will then be posted on Airport Road, on both sides of the road, up to the intersection of Kendrick's Corner.
Signs will also be posted on Reservoir Road, located on both sides of the road.
In the event a car is found to be parked in a No Parking area, the deputies/officers have been told to radio dispatch with the registration and attempt to reach the owner, in order to get the car removed. ATTENTION --- If the owner cannot be reached, the car will then be towed.
It was decided to keep the Dam area open to emergency vehicles only; access to the Dam Road will be blocked off on both sides, with the use of deputies and barricades.
-- Springfield Police Department
ublished June 12, 2013 in the Rutland Herald Independence Day fireworks returning to Springfield By SUSAN SMALLHEER Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD — Independence Day fireworks are returning to Springfield this year, but residents will have to wait an extra two days until July 6, to see them. The fireworks will return after a seven-year hiatus, said John Caceres, of Vermont Telephone Co., or VTel, which is footing the bill for the celebration at Hartness State Airport. Caceres said the main celebration will start at 5 p.m., with food vendors, concessions, an antique car show and band music. The fireworks will start shortly after 9 p.m., he said. Caceres said that the fireworks show was shooting for 5,500 “effects,” and that VTel was firming up its contract with the fireworks company, likely Northstar of East Montpelier. “We want it to be a Vermont show,” said Caceres. Also part of the celebration will be the Hartness State Airport Awareness Day, which will start at 2 p.m. and include an air show of acrobatic planes. He said there will also be planes on the tarmac for the public to view, as well as plane rides. Caceres said that VTel president Michel Guite wanted to restore the popular fireworks show to Springfield, and Caceres said he had been told the show had been a regional attraction on Independence Day. He declined to say how much VTel was spending on the fireworks show. Bob Flint, executive director of the Springfield Regional Development Corp., who is on the planning committee for the celebration, said the celebration was planned once the group had approval from the state to use the airport. “I’m so glad fireworks are returning to Springfield if not on the Fourth of July, then very close to the Fourth of July,” said Flint, adding the planning group was meeting later this week to finalize additional plans. “This will be a large fireworks show.” Flint said in the past VTel had always been a big financial supporter of the fireworks show, which hasn’t been held for several years largely for financial reasons. Caceres said he wasn’t sure why the show wasn’t being held on the Fourth of July, but he said the event on a Saturday would likely allow more people to attend. He said admittance to Hartness State Airport would be free. Caceres said the celebration would be alcohol free, and he said that during the fireworks the airport would be shut down. “The fireworks haven’t happened for seven years, it was missed in the community. We just wanted to support the community and have a nice community launch for our new wireless products,” he said. Caceres said VTel was “rebranding” the original name of the wireless Internet service, currently called “WOW.” Caceres said that food vendors and concessions would not be charged to set up for the festivities as VTel did not want to make money on the event. Individuals or businesses wanting to participate should contact Caceres or his assistant Patricia Sliker at VTel in Springfield at 885-9000, or (800) 279-4049.
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