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There will be no punishment for a 32-year-old man accused of trying to take down a floodlight that stirred controversy in St. John's earlier this year.
After months of public pressure it seems, at least for now, that the controversial, extremely bright lights erected in the Outer Battery neighbourhood of St. John's have been flicked off.
Residents of a historic fishing neighbourhood in St. John's are cautiously relieved after a pair of floodlights that had been shining into homes since last May suddenly shut off.
Residents of St. John's Outer Battery area are feuding with a neighbour over bright flood lights that are allegedly always on. Police have already charged the lights' owner with mischief, but he has refused to take them down — or turn them off.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Residents of a historic Newfoundland fishing village say the City of St. John’s has abandoned them in their fight against a neighbour's powerful floodlights, which they say shine all night into the bedrooms of local homes.