On behalf of everyone here at Up & Coming Weekly, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a very Happy and Optimistic New Year! This is my 28th-holiday greeting, and I can genuinely say I am blessed with the best job serving Fayetteville and Cumberland County residents with our community newspaper.
This is going to be the best Christmas and New Year ever. In the past several weeks, everything in our city, state, and nation has seemed to be changing for the better. Pessimism, doom and gloom, and "the sky is falling" attitudes are being replaced with unbridled optimism, patriotic hope, and steller confidence. Our local, state, and national leaders are again starting to aggressively step up and speak out about maintaining and nurturing American values and directing their efforts to "doing the right things for the right reasons."
We are leaving those folks behind who have not bought into this contagious patriotic euphoria.
Locally, it is my prediction that with fresh and enthusiastic leadership now on our Board of County Commissioners we will see quick and efficient progress in dealing with concerning issues. Countywide clean water, overall crime and homicide reduction, education, the looming homeless problem, curbing the drug epidemic, and most importantly, a return to fiscal accountability and responsibility are all on the table.
The new year is coming in hot! Join us at Gates Four this New Year's Eve as we party and celebrate Fayetteville, Cumberland County, our nation, and the freedoms we enjoy exclusively as Americans. We have so much to be thankful for. Let's celebrate!
Again, on behalf of everyone here at Up & Coming Weekly newspaper and Kidsville News! thank you for twenty-eight years of confidence and support. Onward to twenty-nine! Happy New Year!
Thank you for reading Up & Coming Weekly.