Today's Features

New Albany’s own singing group from the 1960s, “The Dukes,”will be performing again in New Albany on January 24, 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia Civic Center in downtown New Albany.  This concert is a fundraiser for the New Albany Main Street Association.  The proceeds will be used to fund community projects in 2009. 

Sixty-one fifth grade students at East Union Attendance Center from Mrs. Amber Elder’s class, Mrs. Pamela Warrington’s homeroom class, and Mrs. Amy Lavanway’s class recently completed the 10-week D. A. R. E. program. D.A.R.E. stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. This program provides students with information and skills that they need to live drug and violence-free lives. A graduation ceremony was held Thursday, January 29, 2009 at the school gymnasium.

It’s time again to start bird watching and counting the birds at your bird feeders. February 13-16, 2009 marks the 12th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, which is hosted by the National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Kate Friedman, environmental education coordinator for the Strawberry Plains Audubon Center, came out to New Albany Elementary School February 4, 2009 to speak to third graders about the importance of bird watching and bird counting.

Bowling fun was had by all when the clients from New Haven School visited the Action Lanes bowling alley in New Albany on Wednesday, February 11, 2009. Action Lanes allows the clients to come bowling twice a month.

In addition to bowling, they also participate in Tai Chi, going out to eat once a month, walking on the track at the Baptist Healthplex, and visiting the Union County Library and the Union County Heritage Museum.