Westfielder Questions Why Town Can't Enforce Noise Ordinance
A state project that began on South Avenue in late September has residents up all night.
Lauren St. Hill is tired. As if working full time, pursuing a graduate degree and caring for her 3-year-old twins wasn't already a recipe for exhaustion, the South Avenue resident hasn't been getting much sleep thanks to a road resurfacing project taking place just outside her home in the middle of the night. Since the work began on South Avenue, part of State Route 28, on September 27, St. Hill said she and her family have been kept awake by the noise of machinery and yelling workers as well as bright lights flooding their bedrooms. The frustrated homeowner has appealed to the Town of Westfield and asked that town officials enforce a noise ordinance passed in January of 2011, something she was told by David Triggs, noise coordinator with …
Bill
7:18 am on Monday, December 3, 2012
For Joesph and Francesca, We've had 100% support in the past on more than one occasion from the Westfield Police Department when we've had to call about idling school buses from other towns, which idle for 2 hours or more while students play sports at the high school after hours. Sometimes the bus driver sits in the bus to stay warm and sometimes it's unattended for long periods of time. The … more ›