The first stage of Lower Merion's gas-powered leaf blower phase-out begins soon.

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When I was a kid, I used to help my mother clear leaves the old-fashioned way — with a rake. These days, I don’t see many rakes in my neighborhood. It seems everyone has a leaf blower or a landscaper ...

On a recent morning, I stepped into my backyard with the decibel reader on my phone and watched as the needle quivered between 92 and 96 dB, securely in the red “danger” zone (the equivalent of ...

The Lower Merion Board of Commissioners passed exemptions, allowing the use of wheeled, gas-powered equipment.

A potential ban on gas-powered leaf blowers in Arlington is moving forward, with county staff preparing draft regulations for ...

Property owners can be fined under Marblehead's summer gas leaf blower ban, while violators must stop using them.

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Gas-powered leaf blowers harm New Jersey residents in three different ways. As a husband and father, I would like our state to protect us, and particularly our children, from all three forms of harm.