Everyone’s heard the siren of a fire truck as it zooms down the street. But the sounds associated with fire alerts have changed over time. All around the Pittsburgh region, fire stations alert ...

The 30th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade from Main Street, Tarrytown to Sleepy Hollow’s Beekman Avenue once again drew crowds of thousands to watch more than a thousand marchers ranging from local ...

Hopeful birdsong and foreboding sirens. Chiming church bells and bleating ferry horns. The coronavirus crisis has drastically transformed the world in sound. The routine cacophony of daily life has ...

Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia has signed an order to allow a World War II air raid siren to sound once again.

The Holyoke City Council unanimously approved a measure allowing the return of the weekly WWII air raid siren.

A World War II air raid siren sounded Friday afternoon for the first time in weeks after an anonymous complaint forced the city to silence the decades-old tradition.

Tuesday to restore Holyoke’s World War II–era air raid siren, clearing the way for it to sound again every Friday at noon for up to two minutes. The vote changes the city’s noise ordinance to exempt ...

If two New York City lawmakers get their way, the long, droning siren from police cars, fire trucks and ambulances that has been part of the city's soundtrack for generations — WAAAAAhhhhhhh — would ...