<h4>By BOB SOFALY</h4>
Tommy O’Brien, owner of Kobuch’s Fireworks on Savannah Highway near Shell Point, has been busy filling orders for fireworks with Independence Day approaching.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>

Business has been brisk since he opened on June 1, O’Brien said, and it will be insane the closer the July 4 gets.

O’Brien, one of two fireworks venders in northern Beaufort County, said this is his second year selling fireworks.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>

“People have been coming up and asking ‘do you remember me from last year?’ ” he said. “Sometimes I do. But I sure don’t remember what they bought.”