Iziqhumane zizophinde zikhanye eNewport Harbor kulo nyaka, njengoba iDolobha laseNew York limemezele ngoLwesine ukuthi umbukiso walo waminyaka yonke weziqhumane wangoJulayi 4 uzobuya. Isiko laminyaka yonke elikhanseliwe ehlobo eledlule ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-coronavirus okwamanje lihlelelwe ukuba ngeSonto, mhla ziyi-4 kuJulayi ngo-9 ebusuku, kanti umhla ziyi-5 kuJulayi usuku lwemvula.
IJamestown okwamanje ihlela ukusingatha umbukiso waminyaka yonke weziqhumane zangoJulayi 4 ngoMgqibelo, mhla zi-3 kuJulayi. Ukuze umcimbi walo nyaka ube mkhulu futhi ube ngcono kunanini ngaphambili, iDolobha laseNewport liphinde laqala umcimbi okhethekile wokuqoqa imali ukuze kuvunyelwe amabhizinisi nabantu ngabanye ukuba babe abaxhasi ukuze bathuthukise umbukiso wabo. Encwadini ebhalwe kuwebhusayithi kahulumeni wedolobha, uMeya uJeanne Marie Napolitano uthe umgomo wakhe ukuqoqa yonke imali edingekayo yombukiso weziqhumane ngokubambisana namabhizinisi namalungu omphakathi. "Ukubamba omunye wemicimbi ethandwa kakhulu nedumile edolobheni kungabiza kakhulu - hhayi nje ngenxa yombukiso weziqhumane ngokwawo, kodwa futhi ngoba idolobha lithwala zonke izindleko zokuphepha komphakathi nezokuthutha ezihlobene," kusho iDolobha laseNew York esitatimendeni salo. Uxhaso olukhulu lwe-US$5,000, US$2,500, kanye ne-US$1,500 luzonikezwa kulo nyaka, kodwa uhulumeni wedolobha uthe sibonga kakhulu nganoma yisiphi isamba seminikelo, futhi labo abakhetha ukunikela nabo bazobhekwa njengababambisene nabo abahloniphekile. Noma ubani onesifiso sokwenza umnikelo angenza umnikelo ngesheke. Isheke kufanele likhokhelwe “iDolobha laseNewport” kanye ne-“Fireworks Fund” emgqeni wokuphawula bese lithunyelwa ngeposi ehhovisi likameya ku-43 Broadway, eNewport, RI 02840. Ulwazi olwengeziwe lungatholakala kuwebhusayithi yeDolobha laseNew York www.CityofNewport.com/Fireworks
Njengoba ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 luqala ukuncipha futhi ihlobo lisondela, ngiyajabula ukumemezela ukuthi okwamanje silungiselela ukukhanyisa iNewport Harbor futhi ngomgubho waminyaka yonke weziqhumane zangoJulayi 4.
Ngibhala namuhla ukuze ngithembe ukuthi ungasiza ekukhuthazeni umbukiso walo nyaka kanye nami kanye namanye amalungu omkhandlu wedolobha futhi ube ngumsingathi ohloniphekile.
Njengoba ungase usole, ukusingatha omunye wemicimbi ethandwa kakhulu edolobheni kungabiza kakhulu, hhayi nje ngenxa yemibukiso yeziqhumane, kodwa futhi ngoba idolobha lithwala zonke izindleko zokuphepha komphakathi nezokuhamba ezihlobene.
Ngiyethemba ukuthi lokhu kuzoba yisiko, futhi ngihlose ukusebenzisana nomphakathi wethu webhizinisi kanye nezakhamuzi ezinjengani ukuze siqoqe yonke imali edingekayo yombukiso weziqhumane zalo nyaka. Iminikelo yanoma yiliphi inani izokwaziswa kakhulu.
Sicela wenze isheke likhokhelwe ku-“City of Newport” bese ukhomba “Fireworks Fund” emgqeni wokuphawula bese ulithumela eHhovisi likaMeya, eHholo Lomuzi, 43 Broadway, eNewport, RI 02840.
Umbukiso weziqhumane zangoJulayi 4 eNewport uyisiko elimangalisayo ngempela, futhi ngithemba ukuthi ungajoyina sonke eHholo Lomuzi ukuze wenze umcimbi walo nyaka ube umcimbi okhumbulekayo.
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Izindaba ezizimele eziku-inthanethi eziwine imiklomelo, eziphethwe endaweni zaseNewport County, eRhode Island nangale kwayo. Isikhathi SaseMpumalanga. 2012