Pa. Dept. Mulls Fate of 127-Year-Old Alarm System York City's Gamewell system has been around since 1886, and the cost of operating and maintaining it might finally outweigh its worth.

York City will be finally retiring its fire alarm system, a 19th-century response mechanism that has already been phased out over several years.

MINNEAPOLIS — Tim Herbstrith wasn’t planning on a major basement project. But one day, he went into the unfinished basement of his 1908 south Minneapolis home to take out an old alarm system ...