To the Editor:

I understand there has been much debate in our community over the use of leaf blowers. Now, in the quiet of the winter season, I imagine those voices from the community are not quite so loud, given the respite we have from all that noise during the warmer months. However, I am reminded every day when I walk through our Riverside neighborhood, what a luxurious quiet there is to enjoy without the incessant noise of those leaf blowers. Why can’t we enjoy this peace and quiet at other times of the year? There should be regulations against indiscriminate use of leaf blowers — particularly unmuffled gas blowers used on an unremitting schedule even when there are few leaves to be blown.

Kate Somers

Riverside Drive