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Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Three quarters of the Gleason family — Parker with his parents Damon and Gina — stand for a photo at Boomers Fireworks. Pierce, Damon’s and Gina’s daughter, also works at the business but wasn’t at the tent Tuesday morning. The Gleasons have run the business in the white tent that sits across from Billy’s Bar and Grill on Heron Street since a well-timed vacation to Harden, Montana. Damon and Gina, with then-infant son Parker, met Matt Elbue, who wowed them with a firework display and soon turned it into a recruitment trip as he got them interested in running their own fireworks business. 20 years later, Boomers Fireworks is going strong and Damon loves working it with his family.

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Damon Gleason believes ‘fireworks equal fun”

Damon Gleason is a kid in a candy store as he talks about his business, Boomers Fireworks.

Andrew Smith of Adventure Photography In 2022, fireworks filled the sky that surrounded the Lady Washington on July 4 at Grays Harbor Historical Seaport. The “peony” firework is the “most commonly seen shell type” according to American Pyrotechnics Safety and Education Foundation.

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Splash Festival is a star-spangled event full of family fun

Splash Festival is not only a community-wide event, it’s for the city of Aberdeen to show what it…

A number of passengers were injured in a serious car crash on Sunday morning near the Wynoochee Dam. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World File)

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Multiple injuries occur in entrapment crash near dam

One passenger required a helicopter medevac for their injuries

Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World A vacant house in Hoquiam was destroyed Sunday night in a fire that damaged a neighboring house.

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One residence destroyed, one damaged in Hoquiam fire

No injuries were reported; one residence was vacant

A woman was medevac’d to Harborview Medical Center following a single-vehicle crash near McCleary on Thursday. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World File)

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One medevac’d following serious crash near McCleary

A 50-year-old Steilacoom woman was medevac’d on Thursday after a serious crash while traveling west on state Route…

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Micro grants to help downtown Aberdeen businesses

The Downtown Aberdeen Association received the go-ahead to help downtown businesses improve their storefronts, and Wil Russoul, DAA’s…

Damage is evident to a vehicle struck by gunfire in a road rage-related incident near McCleary, including the bumper of the suspect vehicle caught on the trailer hitch. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)

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Multiple vehicles struck in road rage shooting near McCleary

No injuries were reported as a result of the shooting

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Mike “Burdman” Burdoff plays a set at The Tap Room during World Music Day 2024. People were dancing, clapping and singing along inside the 21-and-over bar and restaurant, which is what two long-time customers have called a “community center” in downtown Aberdeen.

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World Music Day helps downtown Aberdeen bar participants, winery

Jessy Knutson had a big smile on her face as she sat on a chair in the 21-plus…

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Hoquiam city council approves purchases from Emmert

The Hoquiam City Council voted to purchase eight properties from Emmert Silver City, LLC., for $1.35 million.

Provided photos Joe Veloni, who has owned and run Ace of Clubs Tavern since 1986, is retiring. With that in mind, Kimmy Nebel, the tavern’s Queen Bee, is throwing a party in his honor on Sunday afternoon.

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Ace of Clubs celebrates Joe Veloni’s retirement

Joe Veloni is turning 84 on Monday, but this Sunday he and his team at Ace of Clubs…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World 13-year-old rock photographer Jameson Nebel, left, shakes the impressive right hand of Kathy Moore. Moore, a guitarist for The Bona Fide Band featuring Krist Novoselic. While Moore shredded on stage with her complex and powerful leads, Nebel shot from the crowd the important moments of the set. So happy after the exchange with Moore, Nebel, of Hoquiam, ran up to her mom Kimmy and hugged her. The connection seen here is the point of World Music Day, to get everyone involved in music and to have fun.

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World Music Day unites Aberdeen

It was a whirlwind on Friday in downtown Aberdeen.

Rick Moyer of Moyer Multi Media LLC. World Music Day won’t just be for famous musicians to land in Aberdeen and play for what is expected to receive a lot of fanfare. It’ll mark the first glimpse of the “Unplugged” space inside The Music Project building — 121 W. Wishkah St. Lee and Dani Bacon, plus other “essential” workers, have been working tirelessly in order to make the space available for music lovers. The sign to the right that reads “Grungeology” will be seen as people head from “The Green Room” to “Unplugged.” At the end of the hallway is the iconic highway sign that the late-Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic once made famous with a photo decades ago.

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The Music Project interior unveiled

Lee and Dani Bacon are committed to telling people “side one” of the story about the late-Kurt Cobain…

Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World Connie Parson, a member-at-large for The Friends of the Aberdeen Museum, seen in a past photo for “First Fridays” inside Aberdeen Art Center.

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Adding a little more history to World Music Day

Connie Parson, who’s passionate about the history of Grays Harbor, was excited to talk about The Friends of…