The clock on San Francisco's Ferry Building marks the hour, and the surrounding area at the base of Market Street is abuzz with noise. Traffic roars along the Embarcadero. Vendors chat with tourists.

A clock tower has stopped chiming every 15 minutes following a single complaint about noise levels. The bells of Birkenhead Town Hall now toll on the hour, bringing a 137-year tradition to an end.

WEATHERLY, Pa. -- It was more than 25 years since the bell inside Weatherly's Charles Schwab School clock tower rang. With just 25 minutes to go until it rang again, you could feel the anticipation ...

After about six months of delicate work to restore the bell strike and chime functions, the clock was heard chiming again on Thursday after being out of commission for 15 years. The Cape Town City ...

Plans to silence a town clock overnight have been rejected after councillors said the chimes were part of the "character" of the area. The owners of a hotel in Machynlleth, Powys, have had their ...

The historic Little John bell at the top of Nottingham Council House has fallen silent for two months while the near 100-year-old clock is serviced to fix ‘chiming issues’. A senior Nottingham ...

A few weeks ago my treasured 40-year-old chiming grandfather clock stopped chiming, but continued to keep time. Alone at home, at age 86, I missed the sound. Global concerns were descending as a ...

STURBRIDGE — Sturbridge is seemingly synonymous with history, from its first settlers in 1644 to the opening in 1946 of Old Sturbridge Village, which welcomes visitors to experience life in a rural ...