An informational outdoor wood boiler seminar Thursday night attempted to clear the air on some confusion about wood boilers, possible restrictions and real environmental dangers. Because of an active ...

OXFORD -- The smoke emanating from outdoor wood-burning furnaces can lie thick and low. Rather than rising and dispersing, it can spread out, leaving smoky particles hanging about. In a time when ...

Coming this spring, new state regulations will make it more difficult and costly to install outdoor wood-fired boilers — a move that's sparked debate between environmentalists and proponents of the ...

About nine years ago, April and Greg Bodette of Glover decided to get an outdoor wood boiler. They’d previously used a wood stove to heat their house, but the smoke and dust was a major drawback: They ...

With fuel prices on the rise, some people in town are turning to outdoor wood-burning boilers or furnaces to heat water or other liquid for home heating purposes, said Board of Health Chairman ...

BRECKSVILLE -- Residents wishing to install a wood-burning boiler will have to comply with city regulations. A new section of the outdoor wood burning ordinance will now take care of these alternative ...

They are popping up in backyards all over. Outdoor wood burning furnaces are replacing traditional oil and natural gas boilers as the primary heating source for some homeowners in a bid to buck ...

HURLEY – A town resident has presented the Hurley Town Board with a proposed local law to regulate the use of outdoor wood-burning boilers. Patricia Davis said the proposal, which she wrote herself, ...

WOODSTOCK — Town Board members are considering whether they should restrict outdoor wood-burning furnaces and whether they should have a role in considering waivers to the proposed law. Concern that ...

In response to complaints of smoke and pollutants emitted by outdoor wood-burning boilers, the Board of Health fielded several questions last night at a public hearing in response to its draft of ...

CHICOPEE - The state has approved the Board of Health's new regulation banning outdoor wood burning boilers in the city. "As far as we're concerned, they're banned," Board of Health member Richard G.