I live in a deed-restricted town home community and have a neighbor who thinks the county's right of way is her personal property. She will not allow me to put out my trash bags for pickup and throws my garbage and yard waste onto my driveway when I do. The association, various police officers, and waste removal service representatives have all spoken to her about this, and yet she refuses to allow me to utilize this service area. It makes a mess and has to be rebundled. ...more

November 22, 2009

The state Department of Environmental Protection wants to make it easier for people to dispose of wood and food waste on their properties and is considering lifting some regulations. ...more

October 5, 2008

In a 1977 address to the nation, President Carter called our nation's energy crisis the 'moral equivalent of war.' Years later, Carter wrote in a magazine article that the attitude of the American people concerning conservation had changed: ...more

September 30, 2007