Billerica's 250th Committee Finalizes July 2 Fireworks Event Operational Plan

BILLERICA -- April 29, 2026, Billerica's 250th Anniversary Committee mapped out the full operational plan for its July 2 fireworks celebration at Troublesome Cove Road. Police Sergeant McKenna and Fire Chief Tim Frost briefed the committee on road closures, detour routes, and a deployment of roughly 13 officers at an estimated cost of $10,000 against the event's $35,000 town-meeting appropriation, with no on-site parking and 10 to 15 shuttle buses planned from Billerica High School and Technology Park staging areas. The free, 4-to-10 p.m. event, the first large-scale July Fourth celebration in the town's history, projecting 7,000 to 10,000 attendees, will feature a headline band, a Colonial artillery demonstration firing hourly from 4 p.m., a student Declaration of Independence reading drawn from Shawsheen Valley Tech and BMHS, and a children's zone with bounce houses and Richie's Slush for free distribution. Vendors will be charged $250 per space, with a $125 non-profit rate capped at five slots, targeting $7,500 to $10,000 in vendor revenue.