NEW FEATURE: Disturbing The Peace Complaints

Over the weekend, we received two e-mails from two different residents asking us if we'd be willing to post a "noise complaint" section on the Times.

Specifically, these residents had reached their boiling point with barking dogs at 809 Sumner Ave.

One e-mailer told us: "We called the sheriff's department in Wilber, but they told us they won't do anything unless the dog poses a danger to the public."  

So we drove to that particular block on Sunday afternoon and investigated.  Sure enough, there were dogs were barking -- and loudly -- from a fenced-in area in the backyard.

We came back an hour later.  Dogs were still barking.  (It sounded similar to the Bumpus' dogs from A Christmas Story movie.)

Two hours later, we drove by again.  Still heard the dogs barking.  One Times staffer said: "I'm not quite sure how the next-door neighbors can keep their sanity."

That's when we decided that a "Distubing the Peace" feature at the Times was probably a good idea.  

You can leave your complaints in the "comments" section of this post.

While this humble little blog can't enforce a town ordanance or write a ticket, we can certainly spotlight those households that are in disregard of their neighbors.

All we ask is that readers only post addresses when there are legitimate noise complaints.  (No names will be published.)  Also, if the problem is not a longstanding issue -- and just a one-time offense -- try asking your neighbor to resolve the problem first.

All posts will be monitored before they are published.