Of all the world’s intolerable noises, none can match the shriek of a gas-powered leaf blower — the unholy contraption that interrupts autumn with its daylong caterwaul. Even from two blocks away, ...

For Mayor Brett Smiley, noise is a more-than-$100,000 issue. Add up the loud cars and motorcycles, leaf-blowers, nightclubs and concerts, and you get an earsplitting headache that the mayor hopes to ...

It is summertime again and your neighborhood is probably full, like mine, of the sound and smell of leaf blowers clearing away grass clippings and the hiss of string trimmers. Most of these appliances ...

As we head into leaf-blowing season, I am writing to urge the city of Northampton and Smith College to end their use of gas-powered leaf blowers, or, at a minimum, replace them with electric ones. As ...

PROVIDENCE – The Providence City Council will once again review an ordinance to phase out gas-powered leaf blowers within city limits. The ordinance is a flashback to a 2021 failed proposal to ...

RHINEBECK, N.Y. — Town Board members are considering changes to a noise law dealing with gas-powered leaf blowers. Resident Rudy McEntire during a meeting Tuesday asked for the changes and suggested ...

Virtually everyone knows the feeling of waking up earlier than expected to a neighbor's leaf blower, lawnmower or other loud yardwork equipment in the morning. These rude awakenings are undoubtedly ...