To the Editor:
For over 40 years, LBIhas beenthe place I have come to relax, walk on the breach, swim in the lagoons, watch the birds, enjoy the sounds of the ocean waves and wind, and to read and write in peace. But all I hear all day, all week, is the near and distant droning of leaf blowers.
It is now 5 p.m. and they have gone silent – the end of the day of gardening. Suddenly my Long Beach Island is back again; I can hear myself think and I can hear the ocean waves all the way from the bay side.
July 8, 2015
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