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Pre-K students make goody bags for nursing home residents

The Pre-K class at New Albany Elementary School are participating in a project which brings home the true meaning of Christmas.  The Junior Auxiliary of New Albany is providing materials for goody bags to be made by the students for the residents at a local nursing home.  This project will likely bring a smile to the recipients’ […]

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New Albany’s United Funeral Service shuts down due to COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic has closed United Funeral Service, for many decades Union County’s leading provider of funeral services, for the first time ever. Rodney Shands, president of United Funeral Services, Inc., made the announcement, Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 15. Shands said all employees of United are either infected with COVID-19 or are under quarantine because they […]

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George Schultz is 100 years old today

  We’ve seen no notice of it anywhere else on the internet, so NEMiss.News observes that today, Sunday, December 13, is George P. Schultz’s 100th birthday. Happy Birthday, Secretary Schultz! We have long believed that Schultz, like another George, the late General George Catlett Marshall, is among the most underappreciated of all great Americans. Schultz […]

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Museum offers tour of Christmas trees

If you are looking for suggestions on ways to decorate a Christmas tree, the Union County Heritage Museum in New Albany has a dozen scattered throughout the buildings. Attached are photos of some of the trees. Some of the animals are dressed for Christmas as well. You can see them and tour the museum from […]

New Albany School District going back to hybrid schedule in January

On December 9, the New Albany School District announced its scheduling plans for December and January. This plan includes a hybrid schedule to be used from January 6-22. The hybrid schedule may possibly be utilized longer if numbers of positive cases and quarantines require us to do so to protect our students, staff, and community. […]