Two Holyoke city councilors are seeking to amend the city’s noise ordinance to restore the weekly sounding of a historic ...

A loud weekly tradition in Holyoke, Massachusetts recently went quiet, but instead of it being an end of an era, locals are filling the silence while calling for change at city hall.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HOLYOKE ― Every Friday at noon, a Cold War-era siren mounted atop a pale green caboose has issued a startling, historic blast.