A new study shows that background music in workplaces can harm employee mood, energy, and job performance when it doesn’t match individual needs.

The Leesburg Town Council on Tuesday will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to the noise ordinance.

We were sitting in our high-ceilinged living room, where I’d softened the clangy acoustics by hanging wall-to-wall drapes on one side and a gorgeous hand-knit bedspread on the other. A ...