By Keith R. Berend for This Week Community News
Have you ever wondered where great works, such as the documents that shaped America’s form of government, are housed?
I’m referring to the books, manuscripts and papers that influenced our founders and helped shape our democracy.
Too often, I suspect they are buried in the archives of universities or private […]
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 […]
In 2004, The New Albany Community Foundation established the Jeanne and John G. McCoy Community Service Award in honor of two beloved civic leaders whose exceptional generosity had a significant and lasting impact on central Ohio. Reflecting the McCoys’ belief in actively supporting organizations that strengthen the community and increase opportunity for all, recipients of […]
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, […]
Hanging baskets of white, purple and red petunias, green-leaved, sentinel- like Norway maple trees and shiny white benches camped on rust-colored brick walkways splash their colors on Market Square in New Albany. A branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library anchors the square, which is flanked by twin two-story, 20,000-square-foot rows of shops, restaurants and offices […]
By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community News
The New Albany Community Foundation’s Jefferson Series began Feb. 5 with a chat between two successful businessmen: Leslie Wexner of New Albany and T. Boone Pickens of Texas.
Though the two men followed different career paths, both said they began with the support of a strong family unit and both became […]
By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community News
The New Albany Community Foundation this month will launch the Jefferson Series of community lectures at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts.
“We’ve had a lot of success over the years with A Remarkable Evening and the student lectures we’ve held at the (New Albany-Plain Local) schools,” said […]
By LORI WINCE ThisWeek Community News
New Albany’s new community health center will be named for local fitness advocate Phil Heit.
The 55,000-square-foot facility — previously referred to as the Core, the New Albany Center for Community Health — will be known as the Phillip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany.
New Albany City Council unanimously approved a […]
