Editor’s Note: In keeping with a 20-year tradition, the writer takes a look at what’s in store for the new year.

Jan. 1: Mayor Anello sends formal New Year’s greetings to the City Council. After heated debate, the council approves the message 3-2.

n Jan. 15: Town of Wheatfield honored at Martin Luther King Day luncheon.

n Feb. 5: Niagara area blanketed by 18-inch snow storm and 50 mph winds. Ch. 4 weatherman Don Paul had called for bright sunny skies and record-high temperatures.

n Feb. 6: Countless senior citizens call City Hall asking when the Hyde Park Golf Course opens.

n Feb. 15: New York Power Authority officials announce that remedial work on the face of the Robert Moses Plant will be completed by 2012. The work started four years ago; the $720-million Niagara Project was built in less than three years.

n March 2: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, confirms she is a candidate for President. Washington press corps upset that the senator first disclosed her plans on Tom Darro’s “Viewpoint” show on WJJL. “Hil and I go way back,” Darro says, adding that Obama wants to be on the show next week.

n March 10: NU Coach Joe Mihalich cites three factors for the Purple Eagles’ losing streak: a lack of height, failure to grab reounds and too many players doing community service.

n March 17: Fort Niagara State Park outdoor ice skating rink draws hundreds of area residents.

n April 2: Local entrepreneur Frank Parlato unveils plan for a windmill farm on Rainbow Boulevard N., near the Travelodge Hotel (the former Hotel Niagara).

n May 15: More than 12,000 Porter and Lewiston area residents attend a free steak dinner and open house at CWM Chemical Services, Balmer road.

n May 17: Voters unanimously approve proposal for CWM to double the size of its present operations.

n June 2: Police investigating the theft of 500 hi-tech parking meters from six-block area in the South End.

n June 15: Overflow crowd at City Hall forum complains about pot-hole riddled streets, deterioriating railroad overpasses and cracked sidewalks.

n June 16: City Council approves $1.6 million for new restrooms at the Niagarq Arts & Cultural Center.

n July 2: Former Niagara Falls White Sox owner George Wenz says he will bring minor league baseball back here if the city rebuilds Hyde Park Stadium, the county IDA provides upwards of $8 million and the state agrees to cover operating expenses for the first five years.

n July 4: Canada Customs officers walk off the job after dispute over whch inspectors should carry weapons. Traffic backed up in Niagara Falls to Walnut Avenue and Packard Road.

n Aug. 19: Snoqualmie, an Indian tribe in the Pacific Northwest, buys the former Wintergarden from Smokin’ Jo. The Klickitat tribe looking at 110-acre East Side site for shopping mall.

n Sept. 5: Stone Jug float wins first prize in Labor Day Parade at Youngstown. “A farmer donated the hay wagon, the Village Diner employees decorated it and Brennan’s donated all the food and drinks for a post-parade party,” owner Ed Wojcik says, “ I’ll probably sponsor it again next year.”

n Oct. 12: Richard Hastings buys four-square block area in the North End of Niagara Falls.

n Oct. 13: Tractor-trailer hauling tons of plywood to North Main Street in the Falls gets stuck under the North Grand Island Bridge.

n Nov. 10: Indepth survey shows that two joggers, four hikers and six bikers used the closed-off section of the Robert Moses Parkway during 2006.

n Nov. 30: Maiin Street Business Association wants Trolley Stop Park included in the Niagara River Greenway Plan.

n Dec. 15: Niagara Falls selected as the site for the 2010 Miss Chippawa Contest. Local organizer says, “It’s not often you steal an event from another country.” The Cataract City edged out Moosonee, Ont., and Attawapiskat, Ont., in the fierce bidding.

n Dec. 18: Lewiston official tossed out of local restaurant for trying to smuggle drinks into a free Christsmas buffet.

n Dec. 31: NFTA hires former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi as a special transportation consultant. “We had a lot of outstanding candidates but we needed someone with a track record,” says NFTA Executive Director Lawrence Meckler.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!