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Today's News

  • Robi Aneice Robertson and Darrell Wayne Milan were united in marriage November 8, 2008.

    Robi Aneice Robertson and Darrell Wayne Milan were united in marriage November 8, 2008 at 2 p.m. at St. Mary United Church in New Albany, Miss. Rev. W. T. Mayfield officiated the wedding. A reception was held immediately afterwards in the church fellowship hall.

    The bride is the daughter of Ruby Robertson and the late Denver Robertson. She is the granddaughter of the late Henderson and Ozelia Eslinger and the late Dewitt and Edna Robertson.

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  • Falcons, Lady Falcons fall on final day of tourney

    Calhoun City 71

    Ingomar 58 (girls)

    The Lady Falcons were unable to bounce back after falling to Houlka, 60-34, Thursday night, as Calhoun City won the consolation game of the 2-1A division tournament last Friday.

    Kayla Stevens led Ingomar with 18 on the night, while Maggie Cobb added 14.

    Ebony Williams led all scorers with 27, followed by Diantrae Miller with 13.

    Okolona 66 Ingomar 63 (boys championship)

    Norris Ashley's squad fell short of another division title Friday night, as the Falcons lost 66-63 to Okolona.

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  • The Camerons renew their vows

    Annette Cameron (Dozier) and Rayfield Cameron Sr.  of New Albany are renewing their wedding vows after 34 years of marriage on Saturday, February 21, 2009. They were married on February 22, 1975 in Annette's grandmother's home. Annette is the daughter of Tommy Lee Dozier Sr. and the late Autry Dozier. Her grandparents are the late Wesley Ford and Inez Ford and the late Richard Dozier and Julia Dozier, all of New Albany. Annette is employed by Allpro Bonding in Tupelo as a bail bondsman.

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  • Birth of Anna Marie Stewart

    Susan and Andrew Stewart of Simpsonville, SC welcomed daughter Anna Marie Stewart into the world on October 6, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. in Simpsonville, SC. She weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. She is the granddaughter of Vickie Stewart of Myrtle, Miss., Mike Stewart of Simpsonville, SC, and Richard and Betty Cunningham of Rochester, NY.

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  • Engagement of Danielle Brozenec to Pvt. Jeremy Files

    The proud parents, Yvonne Brozenec of New Albany and Bruce Brozenec of Woodridge, Il. would like to announce the engagement of their daughter Danielle Brozenec to Pvt. Jeremy Files, the son of Donald and DeeDee Files of New Albany.

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  • Rough road ahead includes local political challenges

            As I allowed myself to become caught up in the flow of patriotism, enthusiasm for the moment and, actually, something else yet to be identified during the past two days of remarkable national significance for Americans as a people, I couldn’t help recalling oddly similar, but different feelings when I first read Tale of Two Cites by Charles Dickens. Author Dickens began Book One, Recalled To Life, Chapter One, The Period with words so profoundly appropriate for today that I reprint them below for those who may have never read them.

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  • Mayor outlines goals for reelection

    For both his political rivals and the rest of the citizens of New Albany, our current mayor, Tim Kent, has released what appears to be his platform, upon which he intends to run his campaign for reelection. Ironically, but true to the past four years of not being communicative to the people he represents, he made this momentous announcement in an interview with the Tupelo newspaper.

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  • Shopping at home makes sense and benefits everyone

     Mathematically, it is virtually impossible to prove any of the theories that for every $100 you spend locally, X amount of dollars stay at home. Different surveys have provided different results, so all that can be said is that it makes sense for the folks in any community to spend their money with their local merchants if they want their community to survive and the business community to grow.

         Past the purely monetary considerations, there are other reasons to shop at home with your business neighbors.

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  • Comprehensive Plan should top any candidate’s “wish-list”

    My comments this past Wednesday about the items  that were assumed to be part of Incumbent Mayoral Candidate Tim Kent’s platform were considered in error and corrected on Thursday by Mayor Kent via David Johnson, New Albany Gazette editor. Despite the fact that Mayor Kent was discussing these projects in answer to a question about what he would do if reelected, he insists that he was just talking about projects that have always been on his “wish list” for the City of New Albany.

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  • Big Tobacco will fight tax increases

    This editorial appeared in The Arkansas Leader, the newspaper in Jacksonville, Arkansas. It was written by Garrick Feldman, owner and publisher and is being reprinted with his permission. Tobacco companies are organized and will fight any serious attempt to increase taxes on their products, as they will also do as we consider raising tobacco taxes in Mississippi.

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