Church sues town for ‘religious discrimination’ after plans for bell tower are refused over fears of noise pollution

Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church had asked Collier Township to approve the construction of a chapel, but officials were ...
Berkshire Eagle

For whom does the bell toll? Great Barrington church to shut off bell at night for family losing sleep

GREAT BARRINGTON — Some people who live downtown say the hourly bell that tolls at First Congregational Church is a sweet sound amid nighttime street clamor like trucks and sirens. But for at least ...
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'Let the bells ring' | Groves church bell noise complaint dismissed

GROVES, Texas — Some people of Groves are voicing their belief in the power of prayer after a noise complaint against the First United Methodist Church Groves has been dropped. The Groves Municipal ...
Cleveland.com

The sound of Christmas rings true: Churches mark the holiday with pealing of historic bells

So it went unrung for several years until a separate concrete-block tower was built for it as part of a 1908 church expansion. Westlake United Methodist undertook what turned out to be a yearslong ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

Joyful noise or unholy din? New church 'bells' mean discord

BURLINGTON, Vt. - The sound system next door is making it hard for Olga Lopatina to love thy neighbor: Christ the King church. Since last summer, the church has been broadcasting the sounds of bells ...