People gather for fireworks Monday night at Michael E. Smith Middle School in South Hadley. More fireworks are on tap for Tuesday, July 4, in Amherst when the town celebrates Independence Day on the fields near the University of Massachusetts football stadium with live music, carnival games and a pie-eating contest before fireworks are set off around 9:30. For more photos, visit Gazettenet.com.
People gather for fireworks Monday night at Michael E. Smith Middle School in South Hadley. More fireworks are on tap for Tuesday, July 4, in Amherst when the town celebrates Independence Day on the fields near the University of Massachusetts football stadium with live music, carnival games and a pie-eating contest before fireworks are set off around 9:30. For more photos, visit Gazettenet.com. Credit: GAZETTE STAFF/JERREY ROBERTS

SOUTH HADLEY — The town held its annual fireworks celebration at Michael E. Smith Middle School Monday night.

Gazette photographer Jerrey Roberts was there to chronicle the action.