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Opinion

  • New Haven special need

     Providing help to adults with special needs is the business of the New Haven Center for Special Needs Adults.

    But the school now has its own special need and is looking to the community to provide the money for it. The school needs a 28-passenger handicapped-accessible bus because its client base is now 22 people ages 20 to 55.

  • Planning our future

     The proposed revision to New Albany’s comprehensive plan was unveiled at Monday night’s meeting of the Board of Aldermen and it’s a lot to take in.

    We’ve only begun studying the document. It will be available in the next few days online at ucda-newalbany.com.

  • Sharing at Christmas

     The 35th annual Sharing at Christmas fundraising drive is under way and we have changed it a bit this year in the hope of reaching our $20,000 goal.

    You already know the program, sponsored by the Gazette with the help of many community volunteers, provides food and children’s toys to about 250 needy families each year.

  • Fixing city eyesores

     The city of New Albany’s decision to take legal action if necessary to get a commercial property cleaned up is an important move in the right direction.

    The Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to get an injunction if necessary to get improvements made to the property where Grisham Wholesale is located on Carter Avenue.

  • Pregnancy prevention

     Being first in something is not all that common for Mississippi. And this one is no cause for celebration.

    Unfortunately, what we’re first in is the nation’s highest teen birth rate. The Mississippi rate is more than 60 percent higher than the national average, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

  • Still time for charity

     The United Way of Northeast Mississippi has reached 45 percent of its $2.1 million goal across the seven counties in which it operates.

    But the numbers are not where they need to be here in Union County where not as many businesses or industries participate in the campaign as in some other counties.

  • Time for leadership

     Gov. Haley Barbour again is singing the blues about the state of Mississippi’s finances and has told state departments and agencies to expect further cuts in their operating budgets.

  • Inaugural season

     The inaugural season of Union County football is over and we congratulate all who participated in this transition from a dream to a team.

  • Convenient payments

     Union County has taken a positive step to make it easier on citizens to pay their traffic tickets to the Union County Justice Court.

    The county has signed a contract with nCourt, a private online technology company, to allow tickets to be paid online with a credit or debit card. The City of New Albany already uses the same system for payments in City Court.

  • Welcome back Lions

     Service clubs have been part of community life for as long as anyone can remember, but in recent years active participation in service clubs has declined in many communities around the country.

  • Flood map major blow

     What could be one of the most significant events in recent New Albany and Union County history occurred this week when proposed new flood plain maps were delivered to the county.

    Large amounts of low-lying land in the county, including land bordering the Tallahatchie River, have been added to Zone A Wetlands, a designation that requires the purchase of flood insurance.

  • Asthmatic students

     The number of people with asthmatic symptoms continues to rise in this country and one in 10 students in Mississippi schools is likely to have asthma.

    That’s the sobering report from Jennifer Cofer, executive director of the American Lung Association of Mississippi.

  • Saved by the sun

     What could have been a bust turned into a successful event as the rain departed just in time for a great day Saturday at RiverFest.

    In case you decided not to come because of the weather, you missed a fine afternoon in the sun followed by a nice night.

  • Ingomar Mounds

     The announcement that the Ingomar Mounds historic site will receive $40,000 in federal tax money to help develop its educational and tourism potential is good news.

  • No longer a dream

     The dream of having a high school football program in the Union County schools took a major step Tuesday night when the team played its first games at H.W. Byers in Marshall County.

  • Showing off our best

     The biggest Tallahatchie Riverfest ever kicks off Thursday for a three-day run in downtown New Albany with lots of things to see, hear and do for all ages.

    The festival keeps getting bigger and this year has been expanded to three days, from two.

  • Museum ‘Pioneers&...

     Saturday is a good time for families to get acquainted or re-acquainted with the Union County Heritage Museum in New Albany.

    The museum will have its annual Heritage Pioneer Days, a living history event that shows off the rural life of the area in days gone by.

  • New city budget

     The budget for the city of New Albany for the next fiscal year was adopted Monday night, and generally we think the Board of Aldermen did a decent job with the numbers in what will be a tough revenue year.

    The city’s general operating budget is $5.2 million, down about $29,000 from what the city expects to spend this year.

  • ‘Minimal’...

     Gov. Haley Barbour’s decision to cut $172 million from the state budget because of a shortfall in state tax revenues will hit public schools hard. A total of $158.3 million will be cut from education – from the kindergarten through university level.

  • Charitable giving

     The United Way has kicked off its annual charity campaign and the goal is $2.1 million across the seven counties that are part of the United Way of Northeast Mississippi.

    That big number is not what is important to us here in Union County though. What’s important here is how much money we contribute from this county because that is the source of funds available to be spent on worthy causes here.

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