North Korea also appeared to be preparing to buck the trend and celebrate the New Year, with midnight fireworks at Kim Il Sung Square in its capital, Pyongyang.Ĭommercial satellite imagery showed preparations were underway with a stage being installed in the square, according to NK News, a Seoul-based website that monitors North Korea. China on high alertĬhina, where the coronavirus first emerged in late 2019, was on high alert, with the city of Xian under lockdown and New Year events in other cities cancelled. Cedar Street to Charles Ryan Road on Broadway between 12:00 0:00 (East Bound Side). In South Korea, a traditional midnight bell-ringing ceremony was cancelled for the second year, while festivities were banned in Tokyo's glittering Shibuya entertainment district, and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida took to YouTube to urge people to wear masks and limit numbers at parties. Join Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Arts Council for the Anniversary of 4th of July Fireworks with live entertainment at Trum Field Festivities begin at 6:30 with music by DJ Philip Tan and local band, Pressure Cooker. In Asia, celebrations were mostly scaled down or called off. In the Netherlands, where outside groupings of more than four people are banned, police dispersed several thousand people who had defiantly gathered at Amsterdam's central Dam Square. Rapper LL Cool J had to step down as a headliner on ABC's New Year's Eve telecast after testing positive, and in Los Angeles the countdown party in Grand Park was called off. With New York state reporting more than 74,000 cases on Thursday and 22 per cent of tests coming back positive, some critics wondered whether the celebrations should go ahead at all. Wooden Downloadable Schedules Events Schedule Hall of Fame NCAA Championships Olympic History. Fan Travel Sign Up For Bruin Emails Academic Award Winners Bruins in the Pros Coach John R.
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The crowd – who were masked up, socially distanced, and had to show proof of vaccination – was still a big upgrade from last year's audience of a few dozen. Quintin Somerville (92) Defensive Line - UCLA Enrolled early at UCLA in January 2021 and participated in 2021 spring ball. The illuminated ball made of Waterford crystal panels slid down its poll at the midnight hour in Times Square, but only 15,000 spectators were allowed into the official viewing area instead of the usual 58,000. New York City scaled down its famous ball drop celebration in Times Square. The results were "in keeping with the encouraging signs we have already seen," said Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Adviser at the UK Health Security Agency.Įven so, many countries have reimposed restrictions to prevent healthcare systems from being overwhelmed.
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“The (park commission's) 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,” Somerset County Commissioner Paul Drake said in a statement.It came as the Government on Friday published a study of a million cases that found those with omicron were around a third as likely to need hospitalisation as those with the previously dominant Delta variant. The decision to cancel the fireworks was difficult for the park commission. Day Committee will be holding their annual Fireworks display in September 2021.
The Somerset County Park Commission announced on Thursday that the fireworks, one of the most popular events of the summer bringing thousands to North Branch Park, and two other popular annual events, the Arbor Day Give-Away and the Rose Day Festival held at Colonial Park in Franklin, have been postponed until 2022.Įarlier this week Somerset County 4-H announced that, also for the second consecutive year, its annual August fair at North Branch Park will not be held due to "uncertainties" about the pandemic. Somerville is a quiet rural community, with only a few local businesses. BRIDGEWATER – Somerset County's annual July 4th celebration and fireworks has been grounded for the second straight year by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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