Entries by NEMiss.News

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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 […]

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NAES Bullpup Pride winners for April 11

The following students at New Albany Elementary School received the Bullpup Pride Recognition Award because of their positive behavior during the week of April 11. Pictured in no particular order are:  C. J. Cook, Will Barber, Kaden House, Lessie Jo Black, Jahir Mendoza, Emily Rutledge, Victoria Rutherford, Izaya Jenkins, Cason Henry, Sara Jane King, Camille Lee, […]

Well, New Albany is not the worst place to get stuck…but

An Australian tour group  heading to the museum for the afternoon are shown having to push their bus  in downtown New Albany. Because of the parking in the middle of the street, it was impossible for the bus to make a wide enough turn to enter the street correctly, so they got a wheel stuck…and had […]

NAES asks: “What do you know about autism?”

The eighth annual World Autism Awareness Day was April 2, 2016. Every year, autism organizations around the world celebrate the day with unique fundraising and awareness-raising events. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disability  that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges. There is often nothing […]

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New Albany Middle School Beauty Review

New Albany Middle School held its beauty review on Thursday, April 14. (You may click to enlarge and download photos in body of article, if desired.)   NAMS Miss Congeniality-Bella Fernando (8th grade)                   Melanie Shannon Public Relations New Albany Schools

HNNA encourages: “Come to the Northside!”

About 35 members of the Historic Northside Neighborhood Association (HNNA) met Tuesday night, April 19th, at the Cleveland Street Presbyterian Church. HNNA President Bob Cornelius said, “We discussed the need to  renovate and rejuvenate our organization. We talked about short term and long term goals. Naturally, beautification is an ongoing project that is broad and […]