Staff report
While Florida is prohibiting its towns and cities from banning gas-powered leaf blowers, Delray Beach officials hope they’ve got another way of giving residents a break from the roar of those machines.
Instead of banning the blowers them
By John Pacenti
Not all noise is equal in Delray Beach.
For people on the barrier island, the roar of gas-powered leaf blowers is the chief concern. For those who live near downtown, it’s the establishments that blast music late into the night or rev
By Joe Capozzi
Council members are considering changes to the town code that would turn up the volume on allowable noise levels in South Palm Beach.
But peace-and-quiet advocates needn’t worry: The Town Council doesn’t intend to allow much more of a
By Dan Moffett
Those rusted and ragged shade sails lining the parking lot at Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park are soon to give way to aluminum solar canopies as part of Florida Power & Light’s growing campaign to promote clean energy across the stat
By Dan Moffett
Hardly anyone in Delray Beach thought the first test of the city’s new noise ordinance would come in the form of a Zen riddle.
But city commissioners found themselves trying to unravel a decibel mystery that seemed every bit a
By Rich Pollack
Responding to concerns of residents living near the Intracoastal Waterway and the beach, Delray Beach city commissioners have once again put off approval of any changes to the city’s controversial noise ordinance until representative
