Hull Redevelopment Authority Votes to Fund Fireworks, Approve Community Land Survey

HULL -- March 16, 2026, Hull Redevelopment Authority unanimously approves $10,000 fireworks donation and landmark community survey at packed March meeting. The five-member board, chaired by Bartley Kelly, voted 5-0 to donate $10,000 to the Hull Celebrates 250th Committee, earmarked specifically for a July 18 fireworks display over HRA property, after member Dan Kernan pushed to tie the gift directly to the beachfront event. Committee chairman John Rowley said a local contractor, McDevitt, is providing an estimated 30-minute show for roughly $37,500, about half the going rate, thanks to a hometown discount. The board also voted 5-0 to approve a voter-survey instrument developed with Market Street Research to take community input on future HRA land use, the first such effort in roughly two decades, directing it to approximately 10,000 registered Hull voters by postcard, with results expected by late May or early June. In a separate 5-0 vote, the board approved use of half of Lot B for the Mass Bears and Cubs' Bears at the Beach event on August 1, at a discounted fee of $25 plus a $50 security deposit, with the group required to police the parking lot entrance and restrict it to registered event attendees.