Entries by NEMiss.News

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Walter Johnson, congratulations and thanks!

Former Mayor Walter Johnson receiving the UCDA Citizen of the Year Award Monday night reminded me of some pictures of him I took a number of years ago, and I went searching for them. I have always liked these shots and do not believe any of them have been published previously. They were taken one afternoon nine years ago, […]

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NAMS presents an Evening with the Arts

Exhibits of visual, performance and musical art by gifted students created a temporary gallery Tuesday night, April 26th, in the New Albany Middle School Cafeteria. More than two hundred people enjoyed the “Evening With The Arts” event, 5 – 7  p.m. Refreshments were served as visitors looked at the visual arts displays and heard performances by Chorus, Band […]

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2016 Tobacco-Free Contest Winners for Grades 4-6

 The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi’s RAT® (Reject All Tobacco) program and the Mississippi Tobacco-Free Coalition of Union, Marshall and Benton recently awarded Leslie Garcia, a 5th grader at New Albany Elementary School, as the 4th-6th grade Runner Up Winner of the 2016 RAT 4-6 Calendar Design Contest. The 2016 RAT Calendar Design Contest was […]

Rep. Trent Kelly Newsletter: 4-22-2016

ACTIONS IN THE HOUSE Kelly Legislation Passes the House On Tuesday, the House passed H.R. 4332, the Maximizing Small Business Competition Act, which is the first bill I introduced in Congress. The goal of this legislation is to level the playing field and ensure small businesses have the tools they need to navigate and compete […]

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Wilbanks Named Director of New Albany Main Street Association

NEW ALBANY, MISS., April 26, 2016 – Carly Wilbanks of New Albany, MS, has been named the director of the New Albany Main Street Association. The New Albany Main Street Association was designated a Mississippi Main Street Community in 1997.  The Mississippi Main Street Association focuses on economic development and revitalization of Mississippi’s historic business […]

UCDA honors Citizen of the Year, Business of the Year

The Union County Development Association (UCDA) held its annual membership banquet Monday evening, April 25th, at the New Albany Middle School cafeteria. About 200 members and guests attended the UCDA’s annual banquet. Featured speaker for the event was Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, a Republican in his third term in that office. Hosemann spoke about […]

New Albany Elementary students’ concert: how and why

Only about 820 people attended a Friday, April 21st, students’ concert that had social media, Sunday school conversations and phone lines buzzing through the weekend in New Albany. The lucky few were 720 New Albany public school students and approximately a hundred adults who were in the New Albany High School auditorium Friday afternoon. The […]

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NAMS 2016 Geography Bee winners

Daniel Bullock, a 6th grade student at New Albany Middle School and winner of the NAMS Geography bee, participated in the Mississippi National Geographic Bee on April 1 in Jackson, MS. The top participants from the New Albany Middle School Geography Bee are as follows (l-r):  Jonathan Pegues, 8th grade, 3rd place; Ethan Jackson, 6th grade, 2nd place; Daniel […]

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New Albany students perform with symphony orchestra

More than 720 New Albany School students in second through fifth grades performed Friday afternoon with the North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra. The performance at the New Albany High School Auditorium was the first time New Albany students had an opportunity to play music with a full symphony orchestra.   The Carnegie Foundations of New York’s […]

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Tallahatchie River Players announces 2016 officers

Hello! The officers for the upcoming season of the Tallahatchie River Players are: Chairman – Bobby White; Vice Chairman – Evelyn Mason; Treasurer – Jennifer Canerdy; Secretary- Donna Lemmons; members at large are: Clint Reid, Tori Baldwin, Pat Hancock, Cathy Garrett; MCC Board representative is Phil Nanney. We welcome them to these positions and offer […]