Watervliet Mayor Charles Patricelli stands next to the Meneely bell from St. Brigid’s Church next to Broadway which links Watervliet, Menands, Colonie and Albany on Thursday, March 28, 2024 in ...

the church bells fell ... it was the first time in 112 years the bells didn’t ring twice daily, once at noon and then again at 6 p.m. a community now missing one of its most familiar sounds ...

A historic Anglican church in a small English town has silenced its bells after 177 years following noise complaints, ...

WATERVLIET — The city’s Meneely bells rang often when tolled in 12 churches, but that familiar sound went silent as houses of worship closed and bells were removed. The sounds of bells ringing ...

Every day at 6am, noon and 6pm, most rang Angelus bells. On Sundays, ... The sound of church bells made the church present in the public square and, ...

For decades the bells at All Saints Episcopal Church in Western Springs ... He offered a short prayer before demonstrating the new bell’s sound. ... “They’ve been pealing at noon and 6 p ...

PHILADELPHIA — Late last year, Rev. Alfred Bradley planned a Christmastime surprise for the neighborhood he grew up in. He was bringing back the sound of church bells to the Fishtown neighborhood.

At first, the bells announced the time of church services because people did not have clocks. Then, by the beginning of the 13th century, it became the custom to ring the tower bell or bells when ...