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Members of Rye’s DPW crew take a break at Rye Rec between shifts clearing the city’s roads during the recent blizzard.
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Ryeders On the Storm: How DPW Dug the City Out of a Late-February Blizzard

Workers alternated eight-hour shifts, with four-hour breaks at Rye Rec in between, to efficiently clear out 15 inches of snowfall in 24-hour span.
A man using a leaf blowers on leaves
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Henderson Proposes Shortening Leaf Blower Season, Banning Gas Blowers on Sundays

Currently, under city law, any gas-powered leaf blower is only allowed during the season of Oct. 1 to Dec. 15 and March 1 to April 30, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends.

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