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New Albany Elementary School recently recognized faculty and staff members who achieved perfect attendance during the first semester. Pictured front l-r: Bridget Spencer, Samantha Wood, Neely Robertson, Dianne Simmons; back row l-r: Mikki Whisenant, Casie Cook, Kayla Rakestraw, Shanna Campbell, Grace Siegert, Lea Taylor.
Problems with the spray park, what to do about B. F. Ford School, and a proposed $13.5-million bond issue for utility department improvements were among items New Albany aldermen discussed at their March meeting. The spray park, more than a dozen years old, was championed by late Ward Three Alderman Tommie Beasley as a recreation […]
The Pre-K classes at New Albany Elementary School had a guest reader from the Fusion Hospitality Corporation on Friday, March 6. Tameka Malone, General Manager of Best Western, read The Recess Queen as part of Read Across America Week.
Museum Moments on March 19 will feature noted journalist Bill Rose who current effort is collecting information for a book on former New Albany High School football coaching legend the late Ben Jones. Jones’ trailblazing successful coaching career carried his team to the Little 10 and state championships during his tenure in New Albany from […]
Saturday, March 7, is the last day anyone can cast an absentee ballot for the March 10 primary elections. Union County Circuit Clerk Phyllis Stanford will have her office open from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday for the convenience of last-minute absentee voters. Anyone who is mailing back an absentee ballot instead of voting in […]
New Albany aldermen began a discussion Tuesday on a street paving program for the spring. The problem will be assigning street priorities with a limited amount of money available. Mayor Tim Kent said the city street fund has about one million dollars in it now. It was largely wiped out the past year because of […]
Students in grades 3-5 at New Albany Elementary School completed an employment application for volunteer jobs around the school. Student volunteer jobs range from classroom helper, scuff mark remover, office vacuummer, recycling helper, and more. Over 200 3rd-5thgrade students are volunteering this school year. Pictured are some of the March volunteer workers.
For the month of February, grades 1-5 at New Albany Elementary School participated in an Accelerated Reader completion. The one class from each grade that had the most combined AR points won an ice cream party and extra recess. The school total AR points earned during the one month competition was 6,613 points! The following […]
The Union County Board of Supervisors may have a bargain for you. They are auctioning trucks, tractors, construction equipment, seized vehicles and about 160 firearms this Saturday to the general public. Some of the vehicles are surplus and a few are being offered by other agencies in the auction. The passenger vehicles have mostly been […]
The Union County Tax Assessor’s Office is accepting applications for homestead exemptions through April 1. Those that had any type deed change in 2019 such as a new home owner, turned 65, have become 100 percent disabled, divorced, widowed, remarried, or moved residence should contact the Tax Assessor’s office at 534-1972. Those who received the […]
New Albany aldermen had a longer meeting than usual Tuesday, dealing with topics as diverse as street paving, the spray park, a new subdivision, utility improvements and B. F. Ford School. Most of these will be covered in separate stories later. Briefly, they discussed the amount of money that will be available for street work […]
SECOND UPDATE New Albany Police Chief Chris Robertson reports that Corey Darrell Collins, the suspect in a drive-by shooting on East Bankhead Street Monday, was picked up by Memphis police Tuesday afternoon. The chief said they had found his car abandoned earlier. Robertson said they hope to extradite Collins Wednesday and return his to Union […]
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