Party noisemakers are an excuse for kids to be loud. Not that they need excuses. Rather, it’s a time when they’re expected to make a ton of noise. Kids are usually told to quiet down, not to get more ...

That’s fine – if you keep the noise on your own property. But there’s nothing conservative about making life miserable for the neighbors. If my neighbor blasted speeches by his favorite politician at ...

Gas-powered leaf blowers make a lot of noise. In fact, so much noise, that at the time of writing this article, over 100 cities across the U.S. have either banned them or restricted when they can be ...

GREENWICH — After years of failed attempts, Greenwich has finally enacted new restrictions on the use of gas-powered leaf blowers, at least for part of the year. The Representative Town Meeting voted ...

Using a leaf blower on a Sunday or hammering nails on a federal holiday may soon become punishable offenses in Corte Madera. In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the Town Council passed a new noise ...

In fall, and even in spring, the leaf blowers makes their presence known. But environmental and public health activists are getting louder in their opposition to the machines. Relying on scientific ...