the WZZM Ball Drop in Rosa Parks Circle. The ball was built by GLC Metal Fabricators Inc. in Ludington with help from Harsco, covered in LED lights done by Tye's Signs in Scottville. A crane raises the ball 160 feet into the air before lowering it slowly into its position for the countdown. Kalamazoo, Michigan: A recyclable ball has been dropped since 2009. Ludington, Michigan: A 6’ 5” diameter ball lit up with thousands of lights is lowered on a countdown to midnight. Marquette, Michigan: A lighted ball is dropped from the Masonic Center along Washington St. Royal Oak, Michigan: A ball is dropped at midnight. Traverse City, Michigan: A cherry is dropped at midnight; the events are televised on WMNN-LD. Wyandotte, Michigan: A 1,000 pound lit steel ball is dropped at both 9pm and midnight next to The Clock Tower downtown. New Jersey Hammonton, New Jersey: A blueberry was dropped to commence the year 2018. Passaic, New Jersey: A 'Piñata Drop' tradition began in 2018 when a piñata was dropped from the city's tallest building at 663 Main Ave. The 11-foot-wide piñata piñata continues to be dropped every year in the presence of hundreds of attendees, live music, and food vendors. Point Pleasant, New Jersey: "The Millennium Mossbunker," a mossbunker fish, was dropped for the year 2000. Seaside Heights, New Jersey: Nicole Polizzi (Snooki) from MTV's Seaside Heights-based reality series Jersey Shore was lowered inside a "hamster ball" in 2011 for the network's New Year's Eve special. While the drop was originally to be held inside MTV's studios at Times Square alongside its more famous counterpart, city officials asked MTV not to do so. New York New York holds many elaborate drops, particularly the ball drop at Times Square and at the Electric Tower in Buffalo. The state comes in second in America for the most items dropped on New Year's Eve. Binghamton, New York: A 6-foot lighted ball is dropped. Brocton, New York: A 14' diameter ball is dropped from a height of 165' in front of the Saint Stephen's Hotel at the Arches in downtown Brockton. This is reportedly the highest & largest ball drop in the country & the second highest in the world, according to the Dunkirk Observer. Buffalo, New York: A lighted ball is dropped, at one time along with a Ford Edge automobile. The Buffalo Ball Drop (formerly the 97 Rock Ball Drop)