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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Columbus music festival raises noise concerns
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The two-day Breakaway Music Festival wrapped up Saturday night, bringing tens of thousands of people to the Historic Crew Stadium, but its impact was felt across several central Ohio neighborhoods with concerns over noise, resulting in a social media storm. 'It was definitely a shocker because we were convinced it was a house on the street, maybe a car that was parked there, something nearby, and for us to have to drive over a mile away to find the source of the noise was ridiculous,' resident Luke King said. Franklin County families gather for community baby shower NBC4 received several emails and phone calls with noise concerns surrounding the festival; residents as far as Grove City claimed they felt their homes shaking from the music Friday night. 'A couple weeks ago at the Sonic Temple, we could hear that a little bit, too, but this one just took it to a different level,' resident John Ubbing said. Residents took to social media Friday night to express their frustrations surrounding the loud music. Some Facebook posts read, 'I can hear Breakaway fest from my house six miles away in Merion Village. I'm not old enough to be this mad about loud music at night,' and 'So that's what it is. Its been driving me insane all evening.' 'We were coming back from dinner, it must've been about 7 (p.m.), and we could hear boom, boom, boom, really strong bass,' resident Wayne Trakas-Lawlor said. Ohio lottery winner takes $2 million prize from Columbus Sheetz According to residents, the normally quiet German Village was anything but that Friday night. 'What concerned us the most is it was so loud, it was shaking our house,' King said. 'So we decided we'll call the non-emergency number to file a noise complaint and then, of course, they want to know where the noise is coming from so, I walked down the street to find out which house was bumping this music for five hours all day long and made it all the way to Livingston. I could still hear it, I could still feel it and I still couldn't see it.' Parents in the area said the Breakaway Music Festival was a nuisance, especially when trying to put their kids to bed. 'We had to kind of turn our sound machines up to try and turn that off,' Ubbing said. Worthington restaurant manager wrestles money away from suspected robber Breakaway Music Festival organizers shared the following statement regarding the noise concerns: While our music festival was originally scheduled to end at 11:00 PM programming was temporarily paused for over an hour due to severe weather. To ensure the safety of our fans, artists, and staff, and with support from the Historic Crew Stadium we made the necessary decision to delay performances, and shelter in place while we closely monitored the storm's progression. As a result, the event extended beyond our original planned end time. However, we want to reassure our local community that our sound permit allows programming at full volume until midnight, and we continued festival operations within that permitted window, ending at 11:50 PM. We appreciate our surrounding communities patience and understanding as we prioritized safety while doing our best to deliver fans a positive festival experience. 'If you play music, I can understand going to concerts, but at that time of night, you'd expect it to quiet down a bit,' Trakas-Lawlor said. 'I mean, during the day is fine, I don't have a problem with it.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Outraged priest blasts huge hypocrisy after locals and council turn against his plans to install new set of church bells in ritzy suburb: 'Unacceptable noise'
Locals have hit back at a century-old church over plans to install a new set of bells, claiming it will be too noisy despite already living next to a loud pub. St Augustine's Church in Balmain, in the Sydney 's Inner West, has come up against a flurry of complaints from residents who fear the bells will result in a 'loss of sleep'. The application includes increasing the number of church bells it rings out during Sunday masses and religious events such as weddings and funerals. However, Balmain residents have lodged concerns of the noise impacts this development could have on the local area. The 119-year-old Catholic church has applied to increase the number of bells inside it's 38-metre tall bell tower from one to a set of eight. Bell-ringing would take place between 8.30am and 9pm for up to 20 minutes at a time for a maximum of five sessions a day, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. The plans submitted by the church to Inner West Council claim the new bells would 'preserve the acoustic tradition' of bell-ringing. St Augustine's also noted in the plans the new bells will remind local residents to cherish community spirit in 'an era of increasing digitalisation and detachment'. But the plans have been met with objections from neighbours who claim the new set of bells could result in 'unacceptable noise' disturbances. In submissions to the council, some residents have claimed sleeping babies, living in homes as close as 20 metres away from the church, could be disturbed by the bells. Parish priest Father Peter Smith has shut down critics of the proposal and shared his disbelief at some of the complaints. 'The church is 100 metres from a noisy pub that goes all night, so for people to say the bells will wake babies or will keep people awake at night is a bit of a stretch,' he said. He argued the existing bell in the church has rung for more than 100 years and residents who moved into the area would have been aware of the bell tower. 'Places like Balmain are noisy places and I think that's part of the charm of living here,' he added. However, residents' concerns have been echoed by the council during the early feedback stage of the application. Inner West Council has also raised concerns over potential noise disturbances and how this could impact the local area. Praxis Acoustics, which carried out noise modelling on behalf of the church, slammed the council's early feedback and claimed it was using noise restrictions that wouldn't typically apply to the area surrounding the church. The church bells were funded through donations from The Australian and New Zealand Association of Bellringers, which plans to use the new bells for training. Daily Mail Australia contacted Inner West Council for comment.
BBC News
5 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Domino's Weymouth delivery restrictions after noise complaints
Delivery restrictions have been imposed on a Domino's Pizza branch after vehicle noise store in King Street, Weymouth, has been instructed to make changes following a hearing of Dorset Council's licensing include swapping petrol mopeds for new all-electric two-wheelers and from 23:00 delivery drivers will have to park in the nearby Royal Yard car park rather than directly outside. The franchise holders told the hearing they would try to make these changes from 21:00. The conditions have now been added to the premises licence, following public nuisance complaints from nearby of Gloucester Hotel and Mayfair Guest House were among those to complain, raising concerns about noise from deliveries disturbing guests, illegal parking and vehicle engines left running into the early hearing heard the operators were happy with the conditions include Domino's having their drivers sign an agreement about what is expected of them, as well as the premises having to keep doors and windows closed to help reduce noise levels and agree not to play Domino's store is run as a franchise by a company called Sandy Lane Ventures Ltd and has had a branch in King Street since 2008. 'Want to be a good neighbour' Jonathan Smith, the solicitor representing the business, said some steps had been taken to reduce explained a noisier car had been swapped from evening to daytime use and an additional security camera was being used to monitor Smith added that five electric mopeds had been purchased and Domino's "wanted to be a good neighbour".The sub-committee, made up of councillors, said it was "pleased" both sides had engaged in successful mediation.A report on the outcome said: "It was clear the licence holder had taken the review seriously and the proposed new conditions were welcomed as a positive way forward to address the issues raised." You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Abbeville addresses weekend noise and safety complaints on St. Peter Avenue
ABBEVILLE, La. () — Councilman Francis Plaisance of District B is hoping city police can come up with a solution to help an ongoing issue for residents living on St. Peter Avenue. He expressed that since getting into office he has had constant calls from residents about weekend noise complaints; crowds of young people concentrated in one area blocking traffic and raising safety concerns. 'I'm just really concerned about it,' said Plaisance. 'This is my district, and I feel like the people in this area right here, some of them are elderly. They have a right for it to be peaceful and quiet. These kids have no right to be on the street every Friday and Saturday nights, cutting up, their dancing, their smoking. They're drinking, they're barely dressed.' Plaisance said residents are telling him the people gathering are not from the area. He said he was told the police would come out and disperse the crowd but once the police are gone the crowd returns. He said residents have had enough. 'It's been going on far too long and it has to stop and that's the position I'm taking too. Now I'll work with the chief. Whatever I can do; the city council can do. I'm sure the rest of the council will agree with me. We'll do whatever we can to assist him if it's something that we can do and certainly we are in support of whatever he will do to get this cleared up, but I would hope that this Friday night, I don't have to get a phone call again, I don't know if it means putting an officer here. I don't know what the solution is, but it just needs to be resolved. I'm not in law enforcement, but it's my district and my people in my district. I want them to be able to rest and be at peace. These are retired people,' said the councilman. 'If there is anything that we can do to assist him in enforcing the law as far as these kids on the street like this and cutting up like that, then I want him to let us know. We will do the best that we can to help him.' Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Longtime elderly residents expressed fear of sitting on their porch and shootings breaking out. Sandra Shelvin, a concerned resident spoke with News 10 as she was checking on her mother's home. 'Right now, we are having problems with the young kids,' said Shelvin. 'They are going to everyone's home. They are burglarizing, they're also vandalizing and they're also gambling under areas where we don't even gamble and it's not allowed and it's all the time of the night and they are shooting. They put guns under your homes, under your car, if you have anything that's not locked down, they are picking it up and taking it.' The topic was placed on the city council agenda on May 20. In the meeting recording Chief Mike Hardy said data collected since January showed they have only two reported calls about the area. One was a recent call on April 16 about the concerns on St. Peter Ave. He expressed that residents should call him if they see a crowd and give the date and time. Then police will check the cameras in the area and handle the concern. Councilman Plaisance said residents expressed they have been calling law enforcement but feel it is falling on deaf ears. He hopes a solution can be met to resolve the residents' concerns. You can view the full meeting here starting at timestamp 35:51 until around 43:00. News 10 reached out to the chief for comments and have not received anything by news time. Miles Perret celebrates 25-years of service with Birthday Bash, Games of Acadiana 'Lemon' leaves family stranded and ignored Disney offering Disney+, Hulu subscribers new perks, discounts Cat who survived 400-foot Utah canyon fall adopted by rescuing pilot Abbeville addresses weekend noise and safety complaints on St. Peter Avenue Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
7 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Neighbours complain about Hereford Rugby Club's party plans
Plans to host "noisy" late night events at Hereford Rugby Club have attracted criticism from locals – with even existing noise levels said to have reduced one neighbour to valid objections were submitted in response to a bid to extend the club's licence to play music and to serve food and alcohol until 02:00 at activities have been permitted until 23:00, and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, for the past four application for the proposed extended hours will be decided by a council committee on Friday. Among the residents objecting to the new licence was Sally Budd, who lives in a building that overlooks the club."The noise can already be incessant from late morning onwards," she said."You can't get away from it in the house, you can't even hear the TV. It has reduced one neighbour to tears."The club said it only intended to use the new licence during the summer months when there were no matches on, and that it would not host events every said it anticipated "probably around eight to ten events a year.""We don't want to annoy the neighbours," the club had been hosting an increasing number of charity events for free – but the failure of Hereford Round Table's Rock The Wye event to secure a temporary event permission at the club's ground highlighted a need for a more flexible premises licence, the club spokesperson added. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
