Entries by NEMiss.News

New Albany Main Street recreation survey underway

Dear Friends, The New Albany Main Street Association is partnering with the University of Mississippi to conduct a recreation needs assessment study. We want to invite you to participate in this recreation survey. Your responses will help us understand current recreation opportunities in New Albany and you and your families’ recreation needs and aspirations. We […]

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NAES names April 2019 Employee of the Month

New Albany Elementary School’s Employee of the Month for April is Mrs. Beth Matlock. Mrs. Matlock serves as the dyslexia therapist at New Albany Elementary School. According to co-workers, Mrs. Matlock has a heart for all children and strives to assist others in finding educational material or websites to best meet the needs of all […]

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Museum offers free Preservation Workshop, May 8-10

Preservation workshop: Want to tackle that daunting rehab project but not sure where to begin? Join the Mississippi Heritage Trust and instructors Mike Grote and Jonathan Leit with Alembic Community Development of New Orleans to learn about the fundamental principles of historic preservation and real estate finance. In additional to sharpening their pencils to master […]

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New Albany businessman and civic leader Bobby R. Gault dies

Visitation and funeral services for Bobby R. Gault, will be today, Monday, April 29, at First Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, and the funeral service will be at 3 o’clock. Gault, a long-time New Albany businessman and churchman, was a highly honored civic leader. Gault died Sunday, April 28, at […]

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Bobby Gault, 82

Bobby Gault May 27, 1936 – April 28, 2019   Bobby R. Gault, 82, died Sunday, April 28, 2019, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born May 27, 1936, in Sherman to G. C. and Ola Mae Creely Gault. He was a member of First Baptist Church in New Albany where […]

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Ottis Davis, 100

Ottis Davis February 15, 1919 – April 26, 2019 New Albany – Ottis Brown Davis, 100, passed away April 26, 2019, in New Albany, Mississippi. She was born February 15, 1919, in Pontotoc County to L. O. Brown and Anna Clayton Brown. She married Joe Strawn Davis in 1941, who proceeded her in death. She […]

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TVA Partnership Awards New Albany High School STEM Grant

The Tennessee Valley Authority, in partnership with Bicentennial Volunteers Incorporated (a TVA retiree organization), recently awarded New Albany High School, $5,000 for a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education project. The award presentation took place at New Albany High School on April 17 in front of school officials, students, and special guests. Bill Duke […]

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NAES students perform with North MS Symphony Orchestra

Students in grades 2-5 at New Albany Elementary School had the opportunity to perform with the North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra in the Link Up Concert “The Orchestra Moves” on April 12 at New Albany High School Auditorium. This was the fourth time that NAES students have had the opportunity to perform with the symphony. Scenes […]

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Passing the buck in Mississippi – whenever the bucks go missing

  Passing the buck: At last, Mississippi’s state government is among the nation’s best at something. It knows how to bask in the limelight, be it real or imagined. It also adept at passing the buck when daylight shines on its problems. The legislature recently passed, and the governor recently signed, a pay raise bill […]

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Union County High School art exhibit to open at museum

The opening of the annual Union County High School Art Exhibit will be Monday, April 29, 5- 7 p.m. at the Union County Heritage Museum. Work from Myrtle, Ingomar, West Union and East Union High Schools will be shown at this event. Awards will be given for winning pieces at the exhibit opening. The exhibit […]

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Good response, many winners in Magnolia State Preliminary Pageant

BY:  Brittney Voyles, of New Albany. On Saturday April 13, 2019 I hosted my very first Magnolia State Preliminary Pageant at the American Legion post 72 location off fairgrounds Circle, Mr.Chris Shannon & Ray trinanes the head Directors drove in from Brandon MS, to emcee the Pageant and help me get my pageant going , […]

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