I graduated from college, my sister and I flew to New York City, meticulously plotting out our visit hour-by-hour in a spiral ...

The Times Square Ball Drop is a renowned New Year’s Eve event marking the transition from 2024 to 2025. This century-old tradition features a dazzling crystal ball, live performances ...

Spectators began lining up before dawn, including one group of ... resources around Times Square and beyond, as the city prepared for the world famous New Year's Eve ball drop.

who for many years served as foreperson at the Times Square ball drop. “And it was lowered by hand … starting at one minute to midnight, and that was the way it was done for many years.” ...

Times Square New Year's Eve Ball drop: New York City is readying to embrace ... In the history of NYC New Year's Eves in recent years, it would be one of the wettest day, with an average rainfall ...

The inaugural New Year's Eve ball drop took place in 1907 Taylor Hill/WireImage It's almost time to ring in the new year! Every Dec. 31, roughly 1 million people gather in New York City to witness ...

pole atop the One Times Square skyscraper. Monday's rehearsal was just one of many pre-ball drop promotional events: On Sunday, fistfuls of confetti were flung toward crowds in the square in ...

Monica is a Newsweek reporter based in Boston. Her focus is reporting on breaking news. Monica joined Newsweek in 2024. She is a graduate of Clark University, with a master's from both Clark ...

The Times Square ball drop has been a fixture of New Year's Eve ... its headquarters to the new Times Building (now known as One Times Square). The paper's owner, Adolph Ochs, successfully lobbied ...