7 Ideas for New Year's Eve in Havre de Grace

Music, a mechanical bull and a pink duck will ring in 2013.

NYE Dinner at Bulle Rock When: 5–9 p.m. on Dec. 31. Where: 320 Blenheim Lane in Havre de Grace Why Go: Silks Restaurant is offering complimentary dessert (see the complete menu). Live Music at Tidewater Grille When: 7–11 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 31 Where: 300 Franklin Street in Havre de Grace Why Go: Local singer Chris Walters will perform for New Year’s Eve. War of 1812 Bicentennial Party When: 8 p.m.–1 a.m. from Dec. 31 to Jan. 1 Where: 100 Lagaret Lane in Havre de Grace (Havre de Grace Community Center) Why Go: Eat heavy hors d’oeuvres and find out about volunteer opportunities for the upcoming War of 1812 bicentennial celebration in Havre de Grace. Cost: $35 New Year's Eve Blowout at Coakley's Pub When: 8 p.m.–2 a.m. from Dec. 31 to Jan. 1…

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Barbara Wagner

2:49 pm on Monday, December 31, 2012

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PHOTOS: Prepare for the Duck Drop

Duck Drop committee members gathered at Division 1 of the Susquehanna Hose Company to prepare for the event.

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New Year's Duck Goes Pink for Breast Cancer

The Susquehanna Hose Company is coordinating the Dec. 31 affair.

Several surprises are in store for those attending the Havre de Grace New Year's eve celebration, according to Ed Grainger, chair of the Duck Drop committee. One new twist: the artificial duck, which plunges from a Susquehanna Hose Company ladder truck to ring in 2013, will be pink. Grainger pitched the idea of a pink duck to the Hose Company, which coordinates the annual affair. “Personally, I’ve had some people I know—actually, everybody does, either a co-worker or a friend or a relative—who has had breast cancer and gone through treatment," Grainger said. "A friend of mine that lives up in Forest Hill went through quite a rough year and recently rang the bell and is cancer free,” Grainger said. "She inspired me to dedicate this year's …

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