FORECASTER • March 5, 2021
The Scarborough Town Council is gearing up for a partial ban on fireworks this summer, preventing anyone south of Route 1 from setting off consumer fireworks after residents complained of the risk of fire and to endangered wildlife. Some residents worried about the impact on rare birds that nest on the beach, including the endangered piping plover. Many Higgins Beach residents said they have witnessed the birds, startled by fireworks, fleeing their nests and abandoning their chicks. The councilors decided that the best way to mark the ban zone would be by streets, and banning fireworks from Route 1 to the ocean would encompass all the town’s beachfront areas.