/tags/possum Possum en-US Copyright Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:15:19 GMT /arts-culture/2014-12-30/possum-drop-to-ring-in-new-year-wont-include-live-animal The annual possum drop in western North Carolina will go on this year, but without a live animal. For more than 20 years, Brasstown residents have watched… Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:15:19 GMT /arts-culture/2014-12-30/possum-drop-to-ring-in-new-year-wont-include-live-animal Reema Khrais /environment/2013-12-24/judge-allows-brasstown-to-go-ahead-with-nye-possum-drop A Superior Court judge will allow Brasstown's annual Possum Drop to go ahead despite opposition from animal rights activists.Judge Allen Baddour ruled in… Tue, 24 Dec 2013 21:00:00 GMT /environment/2013-12-24/judge-allows-brasstown-to-go-ahead-with-nye-possum-drop Rebecca Martinez