by francis | May 11, 2018 | NFA in the News
Elkhart county, Indiana sheriff’s department – On Thursday, May 10, 2018, Lt. Casey Lehman with the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department and Officer Mike Bogart, formerly with the Elkhart City Police Department, were presented with the first of its kind,...
by Kathleen Carayol | Jan 4, 2018 | NFA in the News
Naples Daily News November 30, 1999 As the debate over noise in the City of Naples continues to heat up, we must look at both the validity of the resident complaints about noise and the position of the commercial establishments along Fifth Avenue and elsewhere. Both...
by Kathleen Carayol | Jan 4, 2018 | NFA in the News
by Dan Curry The Chronicle of Higher Education September 14, 2001 The roar of leaf blowers, the chatter of television sets, the clanking of metal chairs–it was all enough to send Ted Rueter, a visiting professor at the University of California at Los Angeles,...
by Kathleen Carayol | Jan 4, 2018 | NFA in the News
by Ted Rueter Sacramento News and Review December 27, 2001 Sacramento has been dubbed the “City of Trees” by the National Arbor Foundation. After living here a few months, I think a more appropriate name would be the City of Leaf Blowers. Leaf blowers are...
by Kathleen Carayol | Jan 4, 2018 | NFA in the News
by Chris Dovi Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) January 4, 2002 Ladies and gentlemen, please hold your applause. Richmond, along with neighboring Henrico County, has been awarded a “Dirty Dozen” award by Noise Free America, a California-based...
by Kathleen Carayol | Jan 4, 2018 | NFA in the News
by Ray McAllister Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) January 4, 2002 They got it right this time. Well, actually they went too far the other way. A “dusting” turned into – what? – eight inches? But at least this time, when forecasters...