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Ah, the joys of summertime in New Jersey! The sun, the flowers, the beaches! But what about the damn leaf blowers? Can we not rid ourselves of this scourge and reclaim the outdoors? What good is a beautiful deck if these monstrous screamers send you fleeing inside behind closed windows every weekend? “I have a beautiful wrap-around porch, and I’ve set it up with chairs with cushions – you could live out there,” says Lisa Mochello, a therapist whose home sits in a leafy section of Highland Park. “I can sit there and listen to the birds, or read a book, or even work out there.” But most days, sh…

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