Maisie Holl, 8, of Ellicott City slingsconfetti above her head as the Noon Year’s Eve ball drop count, a kid-friendly celebration to ring in 2026 completes at B&O Railroad Museum. (Karl Merton ...

Valley Community Library in Peckville and the Lackawanna County Children’s Library in Scranton ushered in 2026 with Noon Year’s Eve parties on Dec. 31. The midday celebrations featured a countdown to ...

Families across Hampton Roads are ringing in the new year early, trading late-night countdowns for daytime celebrations designed with kids in mind. In Norfolk, multiple "Noon Year’s Eve" events are ...

The much-anticipated countdown at the annual Happy “Noon Year” Party in Glenview wowed kids and their families as 1,500 multi-colored balloons dropped from a wide net at the Park Center on Dec. 31. It ...

Live Oak Library staff released an avalanche of balloons as the clock struck noon on Wednesday during a “Noon Year’s Eve Party” to usher in 2026. The celebration included crafts, cookies with cider ...

The Lackawanna County Children’s Library celebrated its first Noon Year’s Eve on Wednesday, giving kids an opportunity to welcome 2026 even if they didn’t stay up until midnight. The free event at the ...

Jan. 1—Some of Decatur's littlest residents were celebrating the new year early on Wednesday at the Decatur Public Library. Dozens of children from birth to age 9 held a Noon Year's Eve celebration ...

The Owensboro Museum of Science and History (OMSH) will again this year continue its long-standing tradition of hosting Noon Year’s Eve, a family focused New Year’s Eve event. Noon Year’s Eve will run ...

SOUTHERN COLORADO (KOAA) — Two 'Noon Year's Eve' events were held on Wednesday in Colorado Springs for parents and their children to ring in 2026 early. Noon Year's Eve at John Venezia Park Staying up ...

NEW YEAR'S MORNING. IT'S FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND, IN BENTONVILLE: "CRYSTAL BRIDGES" IS BRINGING BACK ITS "NOON YEAR'S EVE" CELEBRATION. THE MUSEUM SAYS ITS ANNUAL áDAY-TIMEá CELEBRATION HAS ...

Left to Right, Zoey Williams, 4, and Lily Setts, 5, decorate paper crowns during the Orlando Science Center’s Noon Year’s Eve Crafts event, on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez ...