Does Easton need a new Vanderveer Park? 1 school board member says no. 6 say yes.
Updated May 07, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
Concept plan for improvements at Vanderveer Park in Easton. Presented by the Easton Area School Board on May 4, 2021.Courtesy Easton Area School District
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Plans to renovate Vanderveer Park are moving ahead, although one Easton Area School Board member thinks it’s a bad idea.
Easton Area School District Superintendent David Piperato outlined the plan during his report Tuesday at the school board meeting. You can watch the meeting on YouTube.
Piperato said the City of Easton will pay a matching grant of $48,000 in order to go after $325,000 in funding. The park is on school district property next to Cottingham Stadium but it won’t cost the school district anything to improve the park, Piperato said.
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Easton Area High School band has missed out on traditions, but they’ve adapted and are proud
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But in the words of instrumental music program leader Chris Ballentine, his kids are highly adaptable.
Limitations on crowd size means the entire 300-member marching band has yet to perform anywhere as a complete unit. They went on the road for every football game since Cottingham Stadium is being rebuilt, and most stadiums would allow only a fraction of the complete membership.
They performed concerts “virtually,” meaning portions of the band performed separately and the whole unit was spliced together for online consumption.
Your name here: Cottingham Stadium scoreboard, food stand naming rights are up for bid
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
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Easton area business owners can show their Rover pride by putting their name in one of seven prominent Cottingham Stadium locations.
The Easton Area School District is selling naming rights for the scoreboard, home press box, two concession stands and three ticket booths.
“It’s a continuing effort to raise money,” said school district Chief Operating Officer Mike Simonetta. The 100-year-old stadium was demolished to make way for a $13.3 million replacement that is scheduled to open for this year’s Red Rovers football season.
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