Entries by NEMiss.News

McDonald’s to host series of events with community leaders

McDonald’s manager Antonio Sneed hosted a community event Monday morning, March 27th, at the restaurant on Highway 30 West. Sneed said the local McDonald’s plans a series of such events to give its customers and others the opportunity to meet face to face with community leaders. The first such event Monday morning might have been […]

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UNITE awards grants, names Volunteer of the Year

Betty Duvall King was named UNITE Volunteer of the Year Thursday night, March 23rd, at the organization’s annual dinner meeting at First United Methodist Church in New Albany. For King it was the most recent of many rewards garnered during a distinguished career as a music educator and civic volunteer, both in Union County and […]

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Is being “not illegal” ever really good enough?

Posted elsewhere today on nanewsweb.com is a follow-up story about the “Great Union County Employee Health Insurance Drama of 2017.” Unless you are already familiar with the facts, you might want to read it –boring and tedious though it may be — before reading the rest of this Rant.  http://nanewsweb.com/union-county-group-health-insurance-drama/ The central fact in this […]

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Union County group health insurance drama, Part II 

A story NAnewsweb.com posted Feb. 28th about the Union County board contracting for group health insurance has brought many comments and questions. http://nanewsweb.com/union-county-taxpayers-save-big-money-on-county-employee-health-insurance/ The following additional information may help clarify what happened. For more than 15 years, the Union County Board of Supervisors bought group health insurance for county employees from the Morgan White Group of […]

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UCDA Business-to-Business Luncheon to be March 30

The next Business-to-Business Luncheon will be held in the Magnolia Room of the Magnolia Civic Center located on Bankhead Street, on Thursday, March 30.  Networking will begin at 11:30 with the meal to follow at 12 noon.  The program will be presented by Mr. Bill Martin of the Franklin Furniture Institute, MSU.  There is no […]

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PSC’s Fix a Leak Week message can save you $$$

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI – (March 20, 2015) – As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ongoing We’re for Water campaign, this year’s Fix a Leak Week encourages Americans to help put a stop to the more than 1 trillion gallons of water wasted from household leaks each year. Sponsored by EPA’s WaterSense® program, Fix […]

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NAHS Science Olympiad regional winners will go to state tournament

New Albany High School participated in the North Regional Science Olympiad Competition held at the University of Mississippi in Oxford on Saturday, March 4.  The results are as follows: New Albany High School – 3rd place overall team Disease Detectives, 3rd place – Elise Dunnam and Stacy Hernandez Helicopters, 1st place – Joseph Rutherford and […]

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UNITE Grant Awards to be Presented March 23

UNITE (Union County/New Albany Initiative to Excel), New Albany and Union County’s community foundation, will award more than $20,000 to 13 organizations at the annual grant presentation and fundraising dinner on Thursday, March 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church CLC. There is no cost to attend the dinner, however, reservations need […]

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“Swamp Flower” now blooms in downtown New Albany

“Swamp Flower,” a sculpture by Louisiana artist Mia Kaplan is now on display in New Albany. The sculpture has been installed in a new “pocket park” on Bankhead Street, across the street from the police station. “Swamp Flower” was most recently displayed at the University of MS, and has been displayed in New Orleans and […]

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