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Today's News

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • “Out of sight, out of mind” keeps some officials in office

    One of the things that continues to strike me as unusual about living in Northeast Mississippi is that the government of the State of Mississippi seems to be located in a land far, far away and state government activities are simply not discussed much in this part of the state. Actually, there are groups who have some strong ties and connections with our state elected and appointed officials and it is they who communicate how you and I feel about the affairs of our state.

  • Eastern Lights

    Here I am once again trying to fill a gap that has been broken once again.  My dear friend Johnnie Bell has been diagnosed with cancer and has had surgery and will be having chemo in the near future.  She will be unable to write community news so I will attempt to write once again at least for awhile.

    Betty Smith and Loretta Easley visited recently with Mary Etta Hill and Ola Messer.  They are both up and around the  house and love phone calls and company.

  • Ecru News

    Happy birthday to Floyd Todd who will celebrate February 7.  May you have many more. Floyd will celebrate his 85th birthday.

    A baby shower for Stephanie Moody Coomber and a birthday party for Breezy Moody were celebrated at the home of Rodney and Gretchen Moody and boys Taylor and Matthew, Saturday, January 31.  Twenty-eight family members attended the special occasion.

    A baby shower was held on Wednesday, February 4 at North Pontotoc for April and Matt Lindsey.  They are expecting a baby girl, Madysen Grace in March.

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