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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 08 > Seeking silent nights

Seeking silent nights

Tired of being awakened by train horns, local woman hopes councilors will push to make Bend a ‘quiet zone’

By Erin Golden / The Bulletin
September 8, 2009

When Lisa Burley moved into her new southeast Bend home in July, she thought she’d found a perfect, quiet spot to spend her retirement. Then she heard the blast of a train horn, warning drivers and passers-by that the train was approaching a rail crossing. Then she heard another one, and another....

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