“Hurrah for 1908,” the crowd cheered when the ball dropped down the pole at midnight ... halfway up the mast at 12:55 p.m., reaches the top at 12:58 p.m. and falls back down exactly at ...

the crystal-covered ball that descends down a pole in Times Square to ring in the new year was taken for a test run Monday. The Times Square ball weighs almost 6 tons (5.4 metric tons) and ...