(NECN: Jennifer Eagan - Boston, MA) - Rain or shine, the show must go on!

4th of July festivities are in full swing and people have been waiting since midnight to get in line for the fireworks.

NECN reporter Jennifer Eagan is on the Esplanade in Boston with more on the preps ahead of Saturday nights big show!

Organizers promise 25,000 pounds of pyrotechnics and special guest Neil Diamond will be singing some 'Sweet Caroline'.

(NECN) - Massachusetts State Police say a four-car accident shut down the Sagamore bridge in both directions this afternoon for about an hour. At least one person was injured.

Witnesses sat one car heading north somehow flipped into the air, and landed in traffic heading to the Cape.

At one point traffic was backed up for 15 miles on the southbound side of Route 3.

(NECN: Anya Huneke, Essex, VT) - If you're looking for a summer camp with swimming pools, tennis courts, and musical theater you won't find it here.

What you will find are tool belts, speed squares and chop saws. And many young girls with the skills to use them.

13-year-old Lindsay Lozell is one of those girls, who, in a week and a half, has gone from terrified to excited.

When it comes to power tools, Lindsay says, "Before I thought I could hammer nails... now a big piece of lumber can be turned into little beauties."

(NECN: Brian Burnell, Stonington, Conn.) - According to the National Weather Service Stonington, Connecticut got seven inches of rain in 24 hours starting Wednesday. Here it is, Friday, and the cleanup continues. Flooding is the big problem. Its been such a wet spring and early summer the ground was unable to absorb any more water so where does it end up?

Jim Ceil, Stonington CT: Usually don't get water in the basement 'cause this water here will stay lower than it is right now. But we got so much rain I just don't thinks its got anywhere to go.

BOSTON (AP) - State officials say the Fourth of July holiday ushers in the height of the summer driving season, so they have a few reminders for all travelers.

The Massachusetts Turnpike and other major highways are busiest on Friday and Sunday afternoons, so they suggest alternate travel times.

They say the last Friday in July and the first Friday in August were ranked number two and three for the heaviest traffic volume days last year. Sundays in August also topped the busiest Sundays of the year.

(NECN: Kristen Caira, Boston, Mass.) - All eyes are on Boston's Esplanade this weekend, as the city gets ready to host its big July Fourth celebration.

The main event is tomorrow, but there's still plenty going on tonight.

Neil Diamond will headline the annual Boston Pops celebration on the Esplanade Saturday night, hosted by CBS' Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson.

The Grammy Award winner arrived in Boston just in time for Friday morning's sound check.

(NECN: Lauren Collins, Manchester, NH) - If you looked outside at just the right time today - you'd see our long lost friend. You can thank Gordon Wicks - he brought the brightness from Virginia.

“I drove up here through a shower all the way up. Ten and a half hours. Non-stop rain. And now the sun's out.

And so are sun-starved New Englanders.

Which is great for Dick Kent’s seafood business, especially this weekend.

Whether planning a barbecue, getting an ice cream, or catching some rays, most people are counting one thing. Fireworks.

(NECN: Jennifer Eagan) - Brittany Altomare drove, chipped, and putted her way around Cyprian Keyes golf course in Boylston Friday.

It was one of the last times the Shrewsbury teen will play at her home course before heading to the 2009 U.S. Women's Open next week.

Altomare medaled at the qualifying tournament in New Jersey in June.

“It felt really good,” Altomare said, “I was definitely thinking of my grampa because I know he would have loved to hear me say I made it.”

The 18-year-old will enter the most prestigious tournament in women's golf as one of twenty amateurs.

(NECN: Kenneth Craig) - One of the hottest events in Worcester this weekend is the New England Summer Nationals. The vintage car show is one of the largest in the Northeast.

It's a combination of classic car show, meets parade, meets camp ground.

Some people come just to look, some to buy and sell, others to show off.

Organizers estimate the event at Green Hill Park and on Main Street draws in over 150 thousand people and a big economic boost for local businesses.