New Year’s Eve ball drop welcomes 2025 early
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Nicole and Julius Scott attend the New Year’s Eve ball drop at Monroeville Mall with their daughters, Nya, Skylar and Ava.
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Cory Little oversees the basket raffle during the New Year’s Eve ball drop, which was hosted by Monroeville Public Library.
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Gateway High School senior, Prince Sadam, poses with Margaret, which took about six weeks to build. Margaret competed in 2024’s FIRST Robotics Competition game, Crescendo, and was named after NASA pioneer Margaret Hamilton.
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Hundreds of parents and children gathered as the ball descended from the second story of Monroeville Mall, outside of Dick’s Sporting Goods.
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Ian and Christy Derek pose for a photo with their daughter, 2-year-old Fiona.
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Erin Zeigler (L) poses for a photo with Sami Rathjen and Rathjen’s son, Mason, who is 2.
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Monroeville Public Library’s Office Manager Rose Shirer and Head of Public Relations Alice Rathjen pass out stickers, party hats and horn blowers.
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Meadow Lassiter, 7, and her brother, Nathan, 9, at the New Year’s Eve ball drop at Monroeville Mall.
People celebrated the new year early at a noon ball drop on New Year’s Eve at Monroeville Mall.
The free, all ages event marked its third year. It is hosted by Monroeville Public Library.
Festivities started at 11:30 a.m., when families mingled, learned about the library and put their names in for a raffle basket drawing, which included a Dick’s Sporting Goods gift card, books, blocks and other games.
Then at noon, a giant disco ball was lowered from the second floor, outside of the sporting goods store.
Leslie Savisky is a Tribune-Review contributing writer.
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