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Opinion

  • Successful by any measure

    By any measure, the New Albany Main Street Holiday Open House was an unqualified success this year.

  • Kicking off the holidays

    What has become one of New Albany’s largest events takes place this Sunday afternoon.
    The New Albany Main Street Holiday Open House is expected to draw more than 2,000 to participating shops and businesses, mostly in the historic downtown area.

  • Stuck on square one

    A year ago in this space we argued that New Albany should conduct a feasibility study on the cost and benefits of a public swimming pool.

  • Becoming smokefree

    New Albany will join 40 other Mississippi cities and towns Dec. 2 when a smoke-free workplace ordinance goes into effect.

  • Preparing our children

    Mississippi school children lag near the bottom among the states in education performance and a key reason is that many arrive at kindergarten and first grade unprepared for learning.

  • Blue Springs regulations

    Getting good land use and zoning regulations in place near the new Toyota plant in Blue Springs is an important community issue.

  • Halloween and chili

    Another new nighttime event is scheduled Thursday in downtown New Albany. Well, actually it’s a redo of the former Trick or Treat Downtown event, sponsored by the New Albany Main Street Association.

  • Health and Baptist

    The word “hospital” sometimes conjures up dread of negative things – sickness, accidents, emergencies, and, yes, death. Sometimes we even dread going there because it means we are visiting a sick or dying friend or family member.

  • Reining in smoking

    The New Albany Board of Aldermen moved ahead Monday by voting to present a smoke-free workplace ordinance drafted by the state Department of Health at a public hearing Nov. 1.

  • Architecture or education?

    Well, it went pretty much the way we expected. The folks pushing for construction of a new vocational-technical school showed up at our Magnolia Civic Center with a slick video and computer presentation.

  • Give what you can

    The 2011 campaign of the United Way has been going on since August, and up until now the amount of money pledged is only 29 percent of the goal of $2.2 million.

  • Smoking in workplaces

    The New Albany Board of Aldermen plans to consider an ordinance to prohibit smoking in restaurants and public buildings.

  • Extolling a bad idea

    The high-gloss effort to make a bad idea look like something our community needs rolls into New Albany Thursday for a presentation at the Magnolia Civic Center.

  • More events downtown

    A group of New Albany businesses is trying something new tonight. It’s called New Albany on Tap, and it’s a fundraiser to help construct a small public park next to Van Atkins Jewelry at the northern end of the Tanglefoot Trail.

  • Backward Rebels

    We don’t personally know Pete Boone, director of athletics at the University of Mississippi. Or Chancellor Dan Jones or anyone else in the administration at Ole Miss.

  • Kudos to BNA for gift

    The announcement Thursday that BNA Bank will donate $500,000 to help with expansion of the New Albany Sportsplex is exciting news for our city.

  • Schools get report card

    The state of Mississippi has released the results of its 2011 public school performance testing, and the rankings are encouraging for both the New Albany and Union County schools.

  • BMC moves up in class

    Blue Mountain College has a lot to celebrate, and it did just that Monday night at a classy dinner for faculty, alumni, donors and friends of the school.

  • Get lunch tickets now

    This Friday is your last day to purchase tickets for the RiverFest Kickoff Community Luncheon that will open the annual festival this year.

  • Heritage Pioneer Days

    The Heritage Pioneer Days, a major event in town for school classes and families with young children, will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year by expanding to three days, from two.

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