NORTHBROOK, IL — Last month, the Northbrook Village Board approved a partial ban on gas-powered blowers. The ban, which went into effect Jan. 1, will be in place during the months of December ...

A growing controversy on the Island is the use of gas-powered leaf blowers. There may be a way to resolve the issues –– but first, some background. Warrant articles limiting and ultimately banning gas ...

However, Illinois Landscape Contractors Association Executive Director Scott Grams wrote that commercial versions of electric-powered blowers are not effective in spring and fall cleanup periods.