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...
Chamber of Commerce on leafblowers: Let them blow
The Board of Director of the Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce unanimously approved (with one abstention) the following statement regarding the proposed leafblower ban: “The Newton-Needham Chamber shares concerns about the noise and air quality problems that...POLL: Do you favor Newton’s proposed leaf blower ban?
Newton Aldermen are considering an ordinance to limit the use of leaf blowers and ultimately ban their use altogether. Current rules allow leaf blower use between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. on weekday and between 9:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays....Leaf blowers, polystyrene bans up for discussion tonight
Environmentalists, fans of banning stuff or folks those who feel that government should get out of the way of regulating peoples’ lives may want to attended a banning double header at Newton City Hall tonight. Starting at 7:45 the Alderman’s Programs and Services...Leaf blowers ban in Newton: Discuss
Alders Norton and Hess-Mahan tell the TAB they’re seeking public input on the topic and drafting language for a proposal later this year. For those who forget what leaves are (and after this winter that’s possible) here’s a video TAB editor Andy...