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TO FULTON STREET TO CORTLANDT STREET A Farewell: I Will Miss the Readers Vol. 33, No. 6 By DAVID CRUZ Vol. 27, No. 10 I never thought I’d reach this moment; NorwoodVol. News 27, No.is published 10 bi-weekly on Thursdays by writing a goodbye article in the Norwood MosholuNorwood Preservation News Corporationis published (MPC) Norwood News is published News, which is my last as editor-in-chief. bi-weekly3400 Reservoir on Thursdays Oval East by bi-weeklyBronx, New on ThursdaysYork 10467 by After painstakingly trying to find Mosholu Preservation Corporation MosholuPhone: Preservation 718 324 4998 Corporation where to start, I realized I was suffer- 3400Fax: Reservoir 718 324 Oval2917 East E-mail: [email protected] Reservoir Oval East ing from writer’s block. To undo that, Bronx, New York 10467 Web.:Bronx, www.norwoodnews.org New York 10467 I took some inspiration from what my predecessor for the Norwood News, Alex Phone: 718 324 4998 Publisher Phone: 718 324 4998 Kratz, wrote in his personalized farewell Fax: 718 324 2917 E-mail: [email protected]: 718 324 2917 to readers. His exit came as the paper SeniorE-mail: Director [email protected] of MPC reached its 25-year milestone. Web: www.norwoodnews.org Web: www.norwoodnews.org “Here’s to the next 25 years of the Nor- Executive Director of MPC wood News giving voice to the voiceless Publisher CEO, Mosholu and a grand purpose to another editor Editor-in-Chief,Publisher Norwood News Mosholu Preservation PreserationCEO, Mosholu looking for a job,” wrote Alex. Mosholu Preservation Preseration Corporation Corporation Not sure if he had me in mind, but I ProofreaderCorporation Corporation Roberto S. Garcia was that next editor. And the following Editor-in-Chief Roberto S. Garcia DavidEditor-in-Chief Cruz six years would be wild ones. InternsDavid Cruz Before I get to that, I want to go back DAVID CRUZ, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Norwood News Classied dertisin to 2012. DawnRegularClassied McEvoy Contributors dertisin I was at The Bronx Times Reporter Dawn McEvoy ounts Reeiable on the other side of the Bronx, hav- aging a tiny bi-weekly newspaper, and months interning here at the Keeper’s DawnContributorsounts McEvoy Reeiable ing returned to the Boogie Down after bearing witness to how much this paper House, some knowing nothing about Dawn McEvoy Proofreader an eight-year break from the borough means to readers, I see what he meant. journalism, but leaving with a desire to JudyProofreader Noy (my first journalism gig was assign- Over the years, I’ve had my share continue pursuing it. I like to think it Judy Noy ment desk coordinator for News 12 The of criticism. But I also received praise, was because of their time here. ProdutionFor Display Advertising NeilCallProdution deMause Janet Geller at Bronx), so while I had some experience accumulating various journalism The linchpin to the paper’s success Neil deMause here, I wasn’t a borough wonk. Thank- awards along the way. It’s flatter- are the readers, the neighbors who con- Reular(646) Contributors581-0399 fully, I was trained under veteran jour- ing, though credit shouldn’t go to me sistently kept tabs on issues in their DavidReular Greene, Contributors Adi Talwar David Greene, Adi Talwar nalist Bob “Kappy” Kappstatter, who, on alone. Behind me was a core group of neighborhoods and relayed them to InternsSupport Your top of knowing the ins and outs on Bronx dedicated freelancers—photographer the paper so we can investigate them. ShaylaCommunityInterns Love, Paolo Newspaper! Mossetti, Justin McCallum, politics, helped me spot the essence of a Adi Talwar, reporter/photographer/ Their simple message of a desire for an andShayla Chelsea Love, George Paolo Mossetti, Justin McCallum, and Chelsea George news story, write with impact, and con- deliveryman David Greene, designer improved quality of life resonated with For display advertising, call (718) 324-4998. vince me that the Bronx has a goldmine Mauro DeLuca, photographer Miriam me. That included a story on an oil-filled For display advertising, call (718) 324-4998. of stories. Quinones, reporter/photographer José drum left virtually abandoned on Hull Support Your Eventually my reporting led me to Giralt, and salesperson Janet Geller— Avenue and East 204th Street, the ongo- Support Your Norwood, and a story on the proposed who have kept the ship steady over the ing development projects in Norwood/ Community Newspaper! TheCommunity Norwood News Newspaper! - closing of the vitally important Junior years. Leading the pack is Judy Noy, the Bedford Park, a peewee football club’s licationThe Norwood and relies News upon the support of its - High School 80 on Mosholu Parkway. proofreader who will finalize this ar- plea for stadium lights at Williams- advertiserslication and and relies readers upon theto produce support aof quality its The story landed on the front page of the ticle you’re reading now. Judy has been bridge Oval Park, and who was plan- advertisers and readers to produce a quality community newspaper. To support your paper, Norwood News, and as I was researching with us for more than 30 years, having ning to run for public office. becomecommunity a member newspaper. and receiveTo support a subscription your paper, become a member and receive a subscription background on the story I came upon the started when the paper was first estab- My last day here is March 18. On for one year. Norwood News (the story landed on the lished. On the 30th anniversary of the March 30, I start work as a news edi- for one year. paper’s front page, with its jump page in- paper, we celebrated with a gala on Nov. tor for Gothamist/WNYC, covering all Simply mail check or money order for $40 to:Simply Norwood mail checkNews, or3400 money Reservoir order forOval $40 East, cluding a photo of the meeting, with me 1, 2018 and awarded her with a plaque parts of New York City. I can’t imagine Bronx,to: Norwood NY 10467. News, 3400 Reservoir Oval East, seen in the far distance). It soon became for her dedication to the paper and pro- my time in the Bronx is over. But this Bronx, NY 10467. a must-read. viding excellent proofreading services. isn’t a complete goodbye. The new job Norwood News is not responsible for typo- It would be another year and a half It’s the least we could do. I will miss her will bring me back here. Norwood News is not responsible for typo- graphical errors. Opinions expressed in signed before Alex, who by then became a con- and our years toiling away production Journalism is about people, and you lettersgraphical and errors. bylined Opinions columns expressed represent inthe signed sole letters and bylined columns represent the sole temporary, was leaving. I didn’t want night by lovingly arguing over words, won’t find it more crystallized than in opinion of the author and are not necessarily to pass the chance on applying. On Hal- their placement, and their meaning. community journalism. They are part thoseopinion of ofMosholu the author Preservation and are not Corporations necessarily those of Mosholu Preservation Corporations loween 2013, I had my job interview with Judy was quite the confidante. I’ll miss of an ecosystem that, if taken out of - resent the views of the editor and/or publisher- Alex and then executive director for her honesty, fairness, and that great the equation, can be disastrous for any only.resent The the newspaper views of the reserves editor and/or the right publisher to limit Mosholu Preservation Corporation, Ro- Bronx accent of hers.