"There is no ban. There is no mandate. There's nothing in it compulsory at all," said Sen. Rick Lopes, D-New Britain.

Decades into the debate, neither side has actually won the yard.

Duson Police were called to the 200 block of Ontario Street on Sunday (March 15) after family members reported a lawn mower ...

The Oscar producers explain how the In Memoriam segment comes together, how Conan O'Brien's sketches were planned, and if he ...

"We're trying to find an alternative that would encourage people ... to buy less deleterious equipment," said Sen. Rick Lopes ...

This is the first in an occasional series of articles written for The Hudson Independent by local students. Submissions should be sent to editor@thehudsonindependent.com. By Ginger Lidsky– Last ...

What do you get when you borrow three snow shovels and bring out your gas-powered leaf blower (aka a redneck snow blower)? Well, when the conditions are right, you get a block party! Normally, our ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. DeWalt makes a wide range of tools to help whip your yard back into shape, including a variety of leaf blowers. It offers a surprisingly ...

Thank you, Mr. Evans, for your recent Letter regarding the loud leaf blowers. I have called the city’s code enforcement and was told that we have to provide them with the address where the gas leaf ...

A phase-out of gas-powered leaf blowers in Seattle has been in the works for years, and while Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is on track, a citywide ban remains unclear. SPR Public Affairs Manager ...

The push to ban gas-powered leaf blowers has gained an unlikely figurehead: Cate Blanchett, the Australian actress. "Leaf blowers need to be eradicated from the face of the Earth," she said in an ...

Gas leaf blowers are the latest bogeyman of the complaining class (“Time to put an end to the gas leaf blower terror,” Dec. 19). No doubts here that those complaints are valid. The solution is, I do ...