In the middle of the night, Hubbard Farms resident Elizabeth Luther woke up to a foul odor that smelled like “extremely concentrated natural gas.” Once morning came, she took to the neighborhood’s listserv to see if anyone else smelled the “terrible odor” on the morning of July 19 around 2:45 am. “If it’s in the […]
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