MILWAUKIE, Ore. — On Tuesday, the city of Milwaukie held an event called "Bing in the New Year" — aimed at both celebrating the end of 2024 and beginning of 2025, and honoring the contribution of a ...

Courtesy of the Milwaukie Arts Commission For the second year in a row, Milwaukie, Oregon, will be hosting a New Year’s Eve celebration — with a twist. There will be lights, music and food, but ...

MILWAUKIE Ore. (KPTV) - You have heard of ringing in the new year with a ball drop, but how about a cherry drop? A 7-foot cherry was lowered by crane to “Bing in the New Year” for the first-ever ...

Different cities bring in the New Year in different ways. In Milwaukie, they Bing in the New Year by dropping a 7-foot lighted cherry to honor the birthplace of the bing cherry.

Bing cherries, available at their peak in June and July, are a cultivar from open pollinations between Black Republican and Royal-Ann cherries. In 1875 in Milwaukie , Oreg., horticulturist Seth ...

Oregon artist Tyler FuQua has created a spectacular, five-foot red steel ball sculpture to tell a story few people know: The most famous sweet red cherry, the Bing, was introduced in Milwaukie on rich ...

MILWAUKIE Ore. (KPTV) – “Bing in the New Year” is a celebration of one of the most widely own cherries in the country and the arrival of 2024! The free family-friendly event will be on New Year’s Eve ...

Q: My Bing cherry tree is over 30 years old. The cherries had been beautiful and delicious. The last two years, inside the cherries at harvest, there have been white worms. What do we need to do to ...

Bing cherry season is the time to dip into the cherry baskets -- or to dip the cherries themselves into one or more of the four easy dipping sauces suggested here. No cherry pitting needed before ...