Somerset County Cancels July 4th Fireworks Again Due To COVID-19

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — For the second year in a row, the Somerset County Park Commission is canceling three of its annual spring-summer events: Arbor Day Give-Away and the Rose Day Festival held at Colonial Park, and the Fourth of July celebration for 2021.

All of the events will be postponed until 2022.

"The Leisure Service Committee has evaluated the venues and the overall health risk to residents, plus the amount of time it takes to pre-plan these events, and has decided that it would be in the public's best interest to postpone the events until 2022," said Somerset County Commissioner Paul Drake.

The decision to cancel some events was determined by the Somerset County Park Commission’s Leisure Services Committee. Members of the committee include Commissioner President Mark Caliguire and Commissioner Vice President D.J. Hunsinger, Commissioners Ron Jordan and Kevin McCallen, Deputy Directory Pierce Frauenheim, and Administrator of Leisure and Community Services Dina Trunzo.

Although these events are canceled the park commission recently announced some of its tennis courts could reopen. Read More: Green Knoll, Colonial Park Tennis Courts To Reopen

"We are excited that tennis programs at the Green Knoll Tennis Center and Colonial Park are a go, and outdoor programming at the Environmental Education Center is happening too," said Somerset County Park Commission Director-Secretary Geoff Soriano. "There is light at the end of the pandemic tunnel now that our parks are open while we are complying with the Governor’s Executive Orders and the New Jersey Department of Health’s guidelines."

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