By MIKE MARX
After more than 20 years of service, Kathy Mayhorn recently stepped down as executive director of the New Albany Arts Council.
During her time as the arts council’s leader, Mayhorn helped launch several programs that either provided residents with the opportunity to participate in the arts or provided opportunities to be enriched by the […]
Thanksgiving, for many, is a time to reflect on all we are thankful for and to appreciate our blessings.
Living in New Albany, there is much to appreciate. Relatively speaking, our community is safe, friendly and beautiful, with great schools and parks. We also have so many enriching educational, cultural and health-related opportunities.
Behind all these wonderful […]
This year marked the 30th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger’s explosion.
The night of the tragedy, President Ronald Reagan addressed the country with what many view as one of his most poignant speeches.
The speech was written by Peggy Noonan, who will be in New Albany on Tuesday, Oct. 18, as part of the New Albany […]
By Dennis Welch for ThisWeek Community News
“We need to rebuild the civic infrastructure of democratic life.”
How appropriate that this call to action from the celebrated Harvard professor and political philosopher, Michael Sandel, was made in the heat of this sometimes contentious presidential-election year.
Described as a “rock-star moralist” by Newsweek, Sandel is a best-selling author who challenges audiences […]
By Jeff Rodek for ThisWeek Community News
As New Albany High School’s commencement approaches and the graduates prepare their speeches, I’m reminded of all the great speakers, both national and local, who have visited New Albany and interacted with our students.
Through the New Albany Community Foundation and its donors, New Albany students have met with Pulitzer […]
The New Albany Community Foundation is pleased to recognize Karen and Brian Bailey, longtime New Albany residents and business owners, for recently establishing a fund at the New Albany Community Foundation to support community mental health initiatives.
Inspired by mental health advocate Mariel Hemingway’s fall visit to New Albany and her interaction with the community, the […]
By Sarah Sole for This Week Community News
Starting this week, New Albany community members will be able to see and touch some of the documents that played a role in the nation’s history.
Such famous documents as the Gettysburg Address and the Federalist Papers are scheduled to be displayed from April 5 to May 11 at […]
by Lori Wince, for ThisWeek Community News
Students, residents and health-care professionals were talking about mental-health issues and suicide prevention last week when actress and mental-health advocate Mariel Hemingway visited New Albany.
Hemingway met with 1,000 students on Oct. 12 to suggest ways to identify peers who might be struggling with mental-health issues.
The students were from New […]
by Sarah Sole for CitySceneColumbus.com
Mariel Hemingway visits New Albany as part of mental health advocacy activism
Though her family name became a household name before she was even born, Mariel Hemingway went on to achieve fame in her own right.
The granddaughter of renowned writer Ernest Hemingway pursued an acting career and, later, used her family’s history […]
by Nancy Gilson, for The Columbus Dispatch
Two former U.S. secretaries of defense, Robert Gates and Leon Panetta, will headline a Dec. 9 benefit event for the New Albany Community Foundation.
The conversation with Gates and Panetta, both of whom served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency in addition to their years as secretary of defense, […]
