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New year will bring change
While many will spend the next few days
reminiscing about 2009, we at the Crier are
already looking forward to next year.
We are ready to ring in a new year and look
forward to the events to come.
Just last week, Hall of Fame President Jeff
Idelson had us looking forward to the summer
with the announcement of the addition of a Hall of
Fame Parade to Induction Weekend 2010.
The parade may feature as many as 50 Hall of
Famers riding in open cars down Main St. to the
Hall of Fame on Saturday evening, July 24.
The parade will give fans the chance to see their
baseball heroes up close and personal and perhaps
interact with them on some level, Idelson said.
We think this is an excellent addition to the
Hall’s biggest weekend, and should help draw fans
to Cooperstown for the entire weekend.
Also, the annual Winter Carnival will be here
before we know it. The Cooperstown Winter
Carnival Committee has announced that the
popular 44th annual festival will take place Feb.
5-7, featuring a western theme — Wild, Wild,
Winter.
The popular event attracts young and old, and
is full of new and old favorite activities. We always
count on the Carnival for some mid-winter
entertainment.
Fireworks will begin festivities on Friday, Feb.
5, and the annual parade will be held on Saturday
morning, kicking off a weekend full of activities.
We hope that our readers will be happy with
the changes in our paper beginning with the first
issue in January, when we will unveil a redesign
to the Cooperstown Crier.
The hope is that the redesign will give us a
cleaner, easier to read newspaper which will also
be more aesthetically appealing as well.
We hope readers will let us know what they
think of the changes by calling us at 547-9493 or
emailing crier@csdsl.net.
We at the Crier look forward to many other
traditional events held in Cooperstown each year,
such as the Farmers’ Museum’s Junior Livestock
Show, the Hall of Fame’s Father’s Day Classic and
Induction Weekend, the Pumpkin Festival and
Regatta, and much more. We also look forward to
telling you about new people and events that make
the news in the village and surrounding areas in
2010.
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- Littering a major problem The annual observation of Earth Day is April 22, and the Earth Festival that has been held in Milford for the past five years is this Saturday.
- Mayor, board deserve praise Hats off to the mayor and village board for their work on formulating a budget for the coming year that calls for a reasonable tax rate increase while maintaining services and planning for capital improvements.
- It’s time to be creative For the last few weeks, we’ve devoted a lot of space in the paper to the dire news coming out of Cooperstown Central School regarding their projected budget for next year. With state aid decreasing, teachers and programs may be eliminated next year to make up the shortfall.
- Time to work together The election is over and we offer our congratulations to Joe Booan, Alton Dunn III, Lynne Mebust and Leslie Friedman for their victories.
- Katz is our choice for mayor Next Tuesday’s annual village election has a full slate of candidates for mayor, trustee and justice. Our choice for mayor is Jeff Katz, the senior member of the village board and the current Deputy Mayor.
- We’re in this together This year’s village election offers an interesting look at a pervasive aspect of small town politics _ newcomers versus native sons or daughters.
- Jump is annual highlight Our hats go off to all jumpers who took the plunge into freezing-cold water during the 15th annual Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump held on Saturday.
- Classic changes should enhance fans’ experience After last year’s inaugural Hall of Fame Classic, we wrote an editorial outlining some changes that we felt would make the game more appealing to baseball fans. Coincidentally or not, we’re pleased to see museum officials have addressed most of those concerns for the second Classic, which is scheduled for Father’s Day, June 20.
- Every little bit helps The village’s attempt to capitalize on some of its unique baseball heritage is a step in the right direction. The plan to take advantage of the village’s iconic Doubleday Field by licensing the commercial use of images of the field and marketing a newly developed logo creates a welcome new revenue stream.
- Village should speak up Two weeks ago, Congressman Michael Arcuri said what should be obvious to everyone _ our water supply is our most valuable resource.
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