Entries by NEMiss.News

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Republican Party Call to Convention

CALL TO CONVENTION: April 23, 2016 Pursuant to the Call of the Mississippi Republican Party State Executive Committee and in accordance with the laws of this state, The 2016 Republican County Precinct Caucuses for Union County, Mississippi will be held at 10:00 a.m. Each Republican Voter in Union County is to report to the polling […]

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Rotary hears about public schools’ symphony program

New Albany Public Schools music teacher Celia House spoke to the Rotary Club, Friday, April 15th, about the symphony program in the schools. The Carnegie Foundation of New York, the North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, the New Albany Public Schools, and the New Albany Symphony League have joined forces to create a program of symphony music […]

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Meet a sweet little girl named Maria.

Meet Maria. She was one of three (Nina, Pinta and Maria) that were taken into foster care by UCHS. She needs a forever home like her siblings (Nina has been adopted!!). Maria is 8-9 months, pretty small for her age and very friendly. Maria has been spayed, vaccinated and flea treated. She’s very playful and […]

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NAES teacher’s “Listen while you work” earns grant funds

Tiffany Thrasher, a first grade teacher at New Albany Elementary School, recently earned funding from DonorsChoose.org for a classroom project called “Listen While You Work!”. Ms. Thrasher’s first grade class received a wireless classroom headphones set and several non-fiction, informational books for the classroom library. DonorsChoose.org is a free nonprofit website where teachers can receive […]

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Union Co. High School Art Exhibit opens at museum

Union County Art Exhibit Features many art forms  Lions, Tigers & Bears … It’s all in the annual  Union County High School Art Exhibit, which  opened this week at the Union County Heritage Museum in New Albany , and Oh, my!, there is really good art produced by the students. Watercolors, acrylics, sculpture, batik, pen and […]

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2016 Freedom Fest and Riverfest plans announced

NEW ALBANY, MS – Freedom Fest, New Albany’s annual summer festival that will be held on Saturday, June 25, has opened up the registration for new arts and crafts market that will be added to the festivities this year. The festival will take place at the Park Along the River and will include the market, […]

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Opinion: David Masters, New Albany

Editor’s note: NAnewsweb.com received this opinion piece from one of our readers. As always, we solicit thoughts and opinions from our community. The Hunger Games, which now have enthralled so many people and made many in Hollywood rich beyond Croesus, have little relevance to the actual situation existing in the world and in the United […]

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NAES Bullpup Pride Award winners, April 4th 2016

The following students at New Albany Elementary School received the Bullpup Pride Recognition Award because of their positive behavior during the week of April 4.  Pictured in no particular order are: K-2nd Grade   Evelyn Velasco, Remington Carroll, Johnathon Quarles, Katelyn Smithey, Katelyn Cannon, Joselyn Saldana, Elizabeth Perez, Layla Whitehorn, Joseph Flores, Max Sheffield, Keyla […]

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Read it: MS HB 1523, the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience…Act”

The controversy over House Bill 1523, the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act,” has roared through Mississippi, indeed all around the country during the past week. We have read through the law several times. It is 13 pages in length, written in “legalese” and, thence, not the most enjoyable prose we have read recently. In […]

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Quick business as usual for County Supervisors, April 11

During a brief morning meeting Monday April 11th, the Union County Board of Supervisors: Listened to a presentation by Terry Westmoreland, an insurance agent from Arkansas representing Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company. Westmoreland asked the board’s permission to call on about 100 Union County employees to present them with a “supplemental life insurance program” under […]

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