From the Valley News

Lebanon — Postponed.

Lebanon resident Noah Crane’s plan to bring a New England Collegiate Baseball League franchise to the city has been stalled for a year. Having made progress — but still facing much work to guarantee a team for next summer — Crane has opted instead to target 2015 for the as-yet-to-be-confirmed squad.

“We’re not quite ready to pull this off yet,” Crane said in a phone interview on Monday. “In terms of getting the cost number to where we need it to be, we’re not there. We have construction in the winter to deal with, a team to build, far too much to do to go as smoothly and professionally as we want.”

Crane’s Upper Valley baseball ties include playing at Woodstock High and Hartford American Legion Post 26 and coaching at Mascoma High. He and his co-owner father, Jonathan, remain committed to putting the unnamed team at Lebanon High School. The decision to push back its arrival, however, means the owners would be open to other possibilities should Lebanon not work out.

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