The New Year’s Ball Drop in New York City stems from an old English naval tradition. These days, it’s more of a celebratory thing, and [Jon Gonzalez] wanted to bring a bit of that joy to his own ...

David Zimberoff and his son, Sam, have built elaborate contraptions to deliver candy to trick-or-treaters for eight of the last 10 years, and this year their candy drop “machine” delivered hundreds of ...