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Opinion

  • Fixing our water issues

    New Albany has adopted a plan to begin dealing with the most pressing issues with the city’s water system.

  • Enforce the rules

    An ordinance establishing minimum standards for rental housing in New Albany finally is on the books after nearly two years of on-again, off-again discussion by the Board of Aldermen.

  • Supporting our schools

    Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and the Republican leadership in the Mississippi Legislature have gotten what they deserve: a defeat for their ill-conceived plan to raid the public education treasury to create so-called “charter schools.”

  • A local decision

    The Mississippi Legislature has approved and Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a bill that allows city voters in the state to determine whether they want the sale of wine and spirits to be permitted within city limits.

  • Upstairs downstairs

    There’s an unusual event happening downtown this Saturday. The New Albany Main Street Association has scheduled something called “Upstairs Downtown.”

  • Town hall meeting

    A community town hall meeting has been scheduled for 6 p.m. next Tuesday to discuss efforts under way to better provide health and education services to children up through age 5.

  • Pipe dream to reality

    Getting Dr. Charles Garrett to head up the establishment of the Wellspring Center for Professional Futures is a coup for the CREATE Foundation and its Toyota Education Enhancement Advisory Committee.

  • Protection needed

    The Mississippi House has let die a proposal by Gov. Phil Bryant that would have eliminated civil service protection for rank-and-file state workers.

  • It's music to our ears

    Union County Schools Superintendent Ken Basil and the county Board of Education decided  three years ago to start a county-wide band program.

  • Analyzing our assets

    A team of specialists from the Mississippi Development Authority has analyzed New Albany’s assets and attractiveness to visitors, as well as potential manufacturers and developers.

  • First-class performers

    The Tupelo Symphony Orchestra, with one of the country’s top tenors as a soloist, put on a first-class performance Sunday in the Cine Theater of the Magnolia Civic Center.

  • Improving Highway 15

    The Union County Board of Supervisors has asked the state to use $40 million to improve state Highway 15 between New Albany and Pontotoc, instead of widening state Highway 9 between Blue Springs and Highway 348.

  • A political power grab

    The administration of Gov. Phil Bryant and the Republican-controlled Mississippi Legislature are busy trying to politicize state agencies right down to the receptionist at the front door.

  • It's green thumb time

    It’s spring and that means it is time for the New Albany Home and Garden Show, which will take place next Friday and Saturday, March 30-31.

  • Not time for dawdling

    The months continue to roll by with no plan in place establishing minimum standards for rental housing in New Albany.

  • Moving toward vote

    The Mississippi House of Representatives has approved a bill that would allow cities, including New Albany, to make their own decisions on the sale of wine and spirits within city limits.
    The House Wednesday passed the legislation on a 65-54 vote. The issue now goes to the Senate for consideration.

  • Interstate standards

    A major traffic improvement at the downtown New Albany exit on U.S. 78 (Interstate 22) gets under way later this month.

  • Support our theater

    The Tallahatchie River Players, our community theater group, is presenting “Crimes of the Heart,” a play that involves Southern comedy, tragedy and scandal, at the Magnolia Civic Center this weekend.

  • Raid on education

    The raid on the public education treasury is well under way in the Mississippi Legislature.

  • Preparing for the Trail

    A couple of years ago local officials predicted the Tanglefoot Trail would be completed by the summer or fall of this year.

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