How do you think the leaf blower ban has worked out?
The second year of Newton’s summertime ban on gas powered leaf blowers ends this Labor Day weekend. How, if at all, has the ban impacted you?
TAB EDITORIAL: Newton’s leaf blower law needs revisions
TAB Editor Andy Levin writes…City Council should revisit its recently toughened leaf blower ordinance, as evidence reveals the city government has had trouble enforcing the new law.
Read the rest here and comment below. It would be especially
Leaf blower ban swept off until next year
Newton City Councilor Jim Cote tried to have a proposed leaf blower ban referred back to the councilor’s Programs and Services Committee. His colleagues didn’t like that but they did agree to postpone consideration until January. Cote (who is on the record...City Council to consider summer leaf blower ban on Monday
Newton City Councilors will consider a summer leaf blower ban (Memorial Day to Labor Day) this Monday, Nov. 21.
Details about the proposal here.
Good idea? Bad idea?
No vote on leaf blower ban until this fall
City Councilor John Rice, chair of the Programs and Services Committee tells the TAB the City Council will not take action on proposed leaf blower restrictions until the fall, Jonathan Dame of the TAB reports.
Leaf blower demonstration at City Hall
On a gorgeous fall afternoon yesterday, several alders, many landscapers taking time out of their work day, Jonathan Dame from the Tab, and interested members of the public (including even a woman from Lincoln) gathered on the Comm Ave median across from City Hall for...TAB LETTER: How about designated leaf blower days in Newton?
Angela Nielsen of Wood End Road made this suggestion in a letter to the TAB.. How about having leaf blowers work in certain area codes or villages only on a specific day of the week, similar to our trash collection days? That way everyone would know that on a certain...
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