Entries by NEMiss.News

Down from the Hills Heritage Music Festival is May 21st/UPDATED

New Albany, MS– The annual Down from the Hills Heritage Museum and Mississippi Bluegrass Competition is set May 21, 2016, at the Union County Fairgrounds.   Competition will begin at 10 a.m. in this the 15th year for the festival that selects the top old time music makers for the state.. The festival moves back to […]

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Bullpup Pride award winners, May 9th

The following students at New Albany Elementary School received the Bullpup Pride Recognition Award because of their positive behavior during the week of May 9.  Pictured in no particular order are: K – 2nd Grade                 Mason McNeely, Gus Payne, Daniel Gonzalez, Angel Fox, Kaylee Turner, Ashton Jones, Gabby Colston, Leah Harrison, Adison Smith, Jevon Smith, Nayeli Pech, Denver […]

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Union County Supervisors meeting, May 16, 2016

New Albany, MS- Building a new bridge on County Road 171 at Highway 9 was the lead item on the county board agenda Monday morning, May 16th. The Union County supervisors accepted the bid by Prairie Construction Company, which bid $564-thousand to build the new bridge in the Alpine community. Mississippi state road aid funds […]

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Ricky Skaggs to headline New Albany’s 2016 Tallahatchie Riverfest

New Albany, MS- Coming up on its 20th year, the Tallahatchie Riverfest has brought a number of well-known national acts to perform in New Albany and this year will bring another. Country Music royalty, Ricky Skaggs, along with his Kentucky Thunder bluegrass band, will be headlining the Tallahatchie Riverfest on Saturday, October 8 of this year. […]

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Levitt Series volunteers are needed. Can you help?

New Albany and surrounding area has been given a wonderful gift – 10 weeks of free music here in our home town!! But it takes a many hands to make this successful. We are in need of around 20 volunteers every week to make this run smoothly. June 4th through August 6th are the dates. […]

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Libraries announce free summer reading program

New Albany, MS-Your libraries at work: The Jennie Stephens Smith and Myrtle libraries are offering their summer reading program “On Your Mark, Get Set, Read”, on June 2, 9, 16, and 23 for ages K-6. Myrtle programs will be at noon and Jennie Stephens Smith at 2:00 p.m. The libraries encourage children to continue reading […]

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Biscuits & Jam Farmers’ Market gears up for the season

New Albany, MS – 5/13/2016 – Biscuits & Jam Farmers’ Market in downtown New Albany on the Tallahatchie Riverbank will start its fifth year Saturday, June 4th with an abundant produce selection and a plant sale by the Union County Master Gardeners.  The market will be open every Saturday in June, July and August  from […]

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Local Republicans prepared for state convention

New Albany, MS – The officers of the Union County Republican Committee met Thursday afternoon in New Albany to prepare for the party’s state convention Saturday, May 14th, in Jackson. GOP county delegations will meet starting Saturday morning at the Hilton Jackson on County Line Road. The state Republican convention will decide whom to send as delegates to Cleveland […]

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Temporary bridge moves Martintown Rd. project along

 A heavily-built, temporary bridge has been built immediately downstream of the new highway bridge being constructed to carry  Martintown Road traffic over the Little Tallahatchie River. According to Union Country District Two Supervisor Chad Coffey, the low temporary bridge, constructed mainly of large-dimension wooden timbers, is to be used only for heavy equipment and materials handling […]

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New Albany Local Acts to Open for Levitt AMP Headliners

New Albany, MS– It’s been over 50 years since they first took the stage, but on June 4 New Albany based, The Dukes, will be the first group to play on the new Riverview Outdoor Stage being constructed at Park Along the River, and they are just one of a number of local acts that will […]

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