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Celebrate the Night event is fun for all ages

December 31, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

The Grand Forks Alerus Center welcomed more than a thousand partygoers Monday night to the Celebrate the Night event.
The alcohol-free extravaganza featured dozens of Continue Reading

Grand Forks to hold kid-friendly New Year’s party

December 29, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Celebrate the Night, an alcohol-free and family-friendly New Year’s Eve party will be held 6 p.m. to midnight Monday at Grand Forks’ Alerus Center, organizers say. Continue Reading

Celebrate the Night crowd about the same size as 2009

January 5, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Organizers estimate the annual family-friendly New Year’s Eve party at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks drew more than 1,800 people this year. Continue Reading

Set of twins born in different years in Minneapoli

January 1, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

A set of twins has been born in different years at a Minneapolis hospital.
One twin arrived in 2011 and the other in 2012. Continue Reading

Hope reigns for 2012 as Americans prepare to ring in new year

December 31, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Times Square was awash in hopeful sentiments as it prepared to welcome hordes of New Year’s Eve revelers looking to cast off a rough year and cheer their way to something better in 2012. For all of the holiday’s bittersweet potential, New York City always treats it like a big party albeit one that, for a decade now, has taken place under the watchful eye of a massive security force. Continue Reading

Goodbye 2011: World rings in new year, bids adieu to a tough one

December 31, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Glittering fireworks in the shapes of butterflies, hearts and a cascading waterfall exploded over Sydney’s Harbour Bridge on Sunday as cheering revelers welcomed 2012 and bid a weary adieu to a year marred by natural disasters and economic turmoil. Continue Reading

VIDEO: Deschanel, Gordon-Levitt perform New Year’s Eve duet

December 30, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are curious about your New Year’s Eve plans. The two actors perform a duet in a video posted this week on YouTube, musically asking, “What are you doing New Year’s Eve?” She plays ukulele and he plays guitar in the two-minute video of the 1947 jazz song.
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Tight security planned for New Years Eve event at Times Square

December 30, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Less than two weeks after graduating from the New York City police academy, more than 1,500 rookie officers have a daunting first assignment: helping to protect Times Square on New Year’s Eve. The deployment is just one of an array of security measures many visible, many not that the New York Police Department rolls out each year for the event that turns the “Crossroads of the World” into a massive street party that stretches 17 blocks through the heart of Manhattan. Continue Reading

Alcohol-related New Years Eve road deaths down in Minnesota

December 30, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

The Department of Public Safety says there’s been a drop in alcohol-related deaths and injuries on Minnesota’s roads during the New Year’s holiday over the last decade.
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Celebrate the Night on New Year’s Even in Grand Forks

December 25, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Celebrate the Night, an alcohol-free New Year’s Eve party with music, games and food for the whole family, is set for 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday in the Alerus Center. Continue Reading