Love of bells leads

Matt Osterhaudt doesn't consider himself an expert on bells. He just really loves learning about them, talking about them, and most of all, hearing them ring.

Back in March, while repairing the clapper on the bell at the Sterling Center Church, the 72-year-old Fair Haven resident suddenly realized that the bells that once called us to work, celebrated births and mourned a loss among us, simply don't ring anymore.

“I realized that we're losing the sound of our bells,” he said. “Who's ever heard any except a church bell?”

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