Boyertown rings in New Year with bear drop

The annual New Year Bear Drop (ìNei Yohr Bar Rutschi) on Dec. 31, 2012 at the Boyertown Area Historical Society
Victoria Wagner beside the societyis bear.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE BOYERTOWN AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Wagner family. From left to right are Christian, John, and Jackie; Victoria is to the left of the Bear and her brother David is on the right.

PUBLISHED: January 10, 2013 at 9:29 a.m. | UPDATED: August 22, 2021 at 4:23 a.m.

New York City only has its ball – but Boyertown has its ‘Bear.’

At the annual New Year Bear Drop (‘Nei Yohr Bar Rutsch’) on Dec. 31, 2012, the Boyertown Area Historical Society rang in the new year with a party and celebration.

Festivities began at 4:00 p.m. in the Boyertown Area Historical Society Museum. Mayor Marianne Deery attended this event alongside members of the Society and community members.

‘It was really neat,’ said Mayor Deery at the recent Boyertown Borough Council meeting.

The celebration included light refreshments and various activities to honor Boyertown’s Pennsylvania German heritage. The evening concluded with the dropping of the Bear at 6 p.m. on New Years Eve; coinciding with midnight in Germany.