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To honor the memory and positive influence of Tamara Waldrop, former New Albany High School teacher, the NAHS Upstage group has joined with the New Albany community to present the first “Moving Forward, Giving Back” event for the purpose of funding the “Top Dawg” Scholarship in her honor.Tamara Waldrop struggled with kidney failure from the […]
The Union County Master Gardeners’ association currently offers to Union County: the New Albany Home and Garden Show, this year being held in downtown New Albany on April 9th; Earth day, an educational event for the young; management of the Farmers’ Market at the river; an annual plant sale; and the Junior Master Gardeners’ program, […]
A Union County deputy sheriff and another driver escaped serious injury in a two car wreck Wednesday afternoon, February 24. Deputy Sheriff Avery Adair was responding to an emergency call when the vehicle he was driving collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Highway 15 and County Road 101, the Ingomar Road. Sheriff Jimmy […]
About 60 people attended a Monday night meeting of the Union County Women’s Republican Club in the circuit court room at the Union County Courthouse. The incumbent Republican congressman, an incumbent Mississippi Supreme Court judge and a candidate who is challenging the incumbent congressman in the March 8th primary were present. Representatives of five of […]
“Well, I Reckon…” New Albany’s perspective of the impending presidential election is varied and colorful, to say the very least. After talking with quite a few people regarding their choice of candidate for the upcoming primary in March, it was obvious there was more than one person with an ax to grind. Do you intend to […]
A “manual check” for $38,428.26 to the Union County Library ended the short-term financial crisis the library board faced last week. The money came from property tax collections received during February by the county collector’s office. The check was presented to Kay Sappington, director of the library system, during the Monday morning, Feb. 22nd, meeting […]
The American South lost an authentic legend when Nelle Harper Lee died Friday morning, February 19th, at the assisted living facility where she lived in Monroeville, AL. She was admired throughout the world for her novel To Kill A Mockingbird, and she was cherished by her many friends in Alabama. I was not one of […]
City Beautification January 26, 2016 Members present were Jeff Olson, Jane Ford, Jean Ashcraft, Christy Livingston, Sandy Shaddinger, and Vickie Duke. Vickie called the meeting to order. The City Beautification minutes were reviewed. Jeff Olson made a motion to approve minutes. Christy Livingston seconded and the motion carried. City Beautification Awards: Due to the […]
“If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you to go on in spite of all. And so today I still have a dream.” These are the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., whose dreams and efforts, as well as […]
New Albany, MS – New Albany hit another record sales tax month with revenues received from December collections. The sales tax receipts received this month are the largest single month of sales tax collection in the history of the City of New Albany, according to City Clerk Frankie Roberts, who released the figures yesterday. The […]
Hours of operation at the Jennie Stephens Smith Public Library in New Albany will be cut effective February 29th. The Union County Library Board decided on the cuts at a meeting Thursday, February 11th. The reduced operations of the library have been made necessary for a simple reason: lack of money. “This decision was made […]
The news that the Union County Library System is in financial trouble and will have to reduce its hours of operation serves as still another proof of the failings of state government. For eight years, Haley Barbour inculcated Mississippi with level-headed, centrist leadership, giving Mississippians of all classes and colors a sense of pride and […]
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