One anonymous complaint silenced a decades-long tradition in Holyoke. Now, residents are making sure the city hears them.

A zoning complaint halted the weekly noon blast from Holyoke’s historic air‑raid siren. City leaders weigh permits, zoning changes and the future of the tradition.

On January 13, the city sent a cease-and-desist order to The Wherehouse in Holyoke to stop its weekly two-minute-long siren.

Air raid sirens have an important job to do, and have been a critical piece of public safety infrastructure in times of geopolitical turmoil. They sound quite unlike anything else, by virtue of their ...

The Wherehouse is home to that World War II-era air raid siren that’s been a part of Holyoke’s weekly rhythm for decades.

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WLUK) - Officials in a Wisconsin say a glitch in their county's outdoor warning siren system has been fixed, and safeguards are in place following an errant alarm. "We were just ...