3, 2, 1. [cheers and applause] baby, i can t wait to get this thing started rachel: happy new year, everybody, it s 6:00 and it s 2024. there you go. rachel: still partying with all those people out there. joey: did you even sleep last night? were you up all tight? griff: happy new year. i have a confession to make. i don t like new year s resolution. rachel: you aren t like will and do like 20. joey: will does enough for all of us. griff: percentage break down of what i accomplished. i admire will s list. i have one this year and it may be the secret to life. joey: oh, no. griff: that is go bed early. that you will past week joey and i were on the couch. forced me to go to bed at 8:00 every night. i deal like a million bucks. my wife says you look great. i go to bed at 8:00. i feel like i m joining the senior club my new year s resolution is go to bed early. rachel: senior club. it s just the morning show, people. [laughter] griff: i didn t even
The Lenoir-Rhyne Women's Triathlon Team finished in first place at the Giant Acorn event to record their second event victory of the season. The combined effort
Updated January 1, 2021 6:26 a.m. EST
By Heather Leah, WRAL multiplatform producer
Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh s giant metal acorn statue is the source of many legends and tall tales.
Others say the acorn is full of candy.
There is one tall tale, however, that we know is true: The acorn s artist can create one of the best darn lattes in the whole City of Oaks.
And there is a time capsule etched inside its copper walls.
Let s look inside.
Lattes and sculptures: The artist behind the acorn
Many regulars at The Third Place coffee shop on Glenwood Avenue are surprised to hear that the owner of this popular local establishment is also the artist behind the iconic Giant Acorn that Raleigh drops at the end of each year.
new year s eve celebration in the world along with the huge crystal ball, 12 feet in diameter, more than a ton of confetti rained down. that is only the start for clean-up crews. partiers left behind tons more trash. police removed the trash containers for the security plan. there was no place to get rid of it but the street. in raleigh, north carolina, instead of a crystal ball, they dropped a giant acorn. north carolina has unique new year s eves. they drop a flea, a giant beach ball an illuminated pickle and the lowering of a possum. they had fireworks. always a crowd favorite. nashville dropped a ten-foot
four, three, two, one! happy new year! 2011 is here, and in raleigh, north carolina, nothing says happy new year like a giant acorn. people there have been dropping the giant copper and steel acorn for 20 years. raleigh is, after all, the city of oaks. cities all across north carolina have come up with unique symbols. in cure beach, it s a giant beach ball. mt. olive famous for the giant pickle. and people in brasstown, north carolina, gathered to watch the lowering of a giant possum. pretty unique. we are checking our top stories for you. a deadly start to the new year in parts of the south and midwest too. many communities are in recovery mode today after a tornado outbreak. at least three people died in the small town of cincinnati, arkansas. look at that mess there. the aftermath. entire buildings are demolished, including a volunteer fire station with two engines still