Come New Year's Eve, it's customary to count down the last 10 seconds until the clock strikes midnight and the new year officially begins.

Hartford’s new Magic Mural Art Wall, a 40,000-square foot digital art installation affixed to the Frontier building, will be used to ring in the new year in magical multimedia style on Tuesday night.

First Night Hartford, the city’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Bushnell Park featuring fireworks, music and food, has a new attraction this year: one of the largest countdown displays in the ...