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Who the hell doesn't like ice cream truck music? Danu Send a noteboard - 10/07/2011 05:06:22 AM
Myself, I always smile when I hear the music, it brings to mind my carefree childhood.
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METHUEN, Mass. -- Police in Methuen are fining an ice cream truck driver, for his music. They say it's simply, too loud and that they've gotten several complaints from residents.

When you hear the music you know Gilbert Harb the ice cream man is coming, and Methuen police say that’s the problem.

“It’s heard a quarter of a mile before the person gets there, while he’s in his neighborhood, while he’s stopped in the neighborhood and until he leaves the neighborhood,” said Capt. Randy Hagger of the Methuen Police Department.

Police say Gilbert’s music has been annoying residents. They say when he pulled up to the Methuen High School graduation last month that was the last straw.

Gilbert was then given a $100 citation.

“This is how I do my living,” said Gilbert Harb. “My living is the ice cream truck…to put the music on so people, kids, families know that it is the ice cream passing by.”

But Gilbert has not paid his $100 ticket - he says he’s going to fight it.

“I’m going to go to court, speak with the judge and see what he has to say,” said Harb. “…I don’t think it’s right.”

Methuen residents say they’re quite aware of Gilbert’s ice cream truck.

“It’s probably a little loud and I’m sure it would bother some people, but it doesn’t bother me because I have central air and I don’t have to listen to all the noise,” said a Methuen resident.

“It’s a very nice sound,” said Amy Flynn.

Gilbert says the ice cream truck music is as American as apple pie.

Gilbert Harb is in the process of trying to get a court date. He says he hopes he gets a judge who likes ice cream.

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Who the hell doesn't like ice cream truck music? - 10/07/2011 05:06:22 AM 828 Views
Only your lawyer knows for sure. - 10/07/2011 01:42:14 PM 666 Views
I think probably it's just too loud *NM* - 10/07/2011 06:08:08 PM 158 Views
I find it kind of annoying. - 10/07/2011 06:27:51 PM 352 Views
Me. *NM* - 10/07/2011 07:40:04 PM 163 Views
That stuff gets soooo annoying. Mostly because it's so repetitive. - 10/07/2011 11:30:43 PM 327 Views
Everybody above the age of 12. - 11/07/2011 11:17:59 AM 366 Views
We don't have music, ours just ring a bell *NM* - 11/07/2011 11:39:56 AM 156 Views
As a country person who has only twice experienced a real life ice cream truck jingle - 11/07/2011 12:27:32 PM 359 Views
But how else do you get him to stop>? *NM* - 11/07/2011 01:54:14 PM 147 Views
How does his song help you make him stop? - 11/07/2011 04:09:10 PM 345 Views
She was responding to the "fining the man is absurd" comment - 11/07/2011 04:11:19 PM 350 Views
Oh! *NM* - 12/07/2011 08:41:39 AM 163 Views
I can see why it could annoy people - 11/07/2011 12:32:42 PM 330 Views
I'm not even that fond of ice cream. *NM* - 11/07/2011 01:10:06 PM 177 Views
A little story for you. - 11/07/2011 04:05:51 PM 422 Views

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