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New Albany high School

Growing up in a Small Town

I drove through the old town today…..so many memories. Most of everything I knew is gone.
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Girls Basketball 2003

This is the only girls basketball team in New Albany history to make it to the state final four in 2003.
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Pictures from 67′

The McCoy center now sets where the house was located.
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New Albany History Baseball in New Albany

New Albany History: Baseball in New Albany

But did you know that the history of baseball in New Albany goes back more than 100 years? Learn more in the latest episode of our New Albany history series!
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Founders Day

New Albany History: Founders Day

We'll learn more about Founders Day and how it has grown in this episode of New Albany History!
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Full Circle

Comic books and drawing ... that’s all I cared about as a kid! Attending New Albany elementary through high school in the 60’s and 70’s was pretty cool, although many times as a boy I felt like the proverbial square peg.
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Growing up in Cedar Brook

I grew up in Cedar Brook until I was 7. I attended NewAlbany Elementary. We only moved away because my dad worked for FBI and was transferred back to Georgia where he and mom grew up. I tell stories of our little town parades where the Brownies marched.
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History of New Albany Football

Did you know that New Albany first fielded a football team in 1930 with 14 students who had never previously played the sport? Learn more in the latest episode of our New Albany history series!
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The Story of Hope and the Post Office

New Albany in the 1830's If you were living in New Albany in the 1830s, your mailing address might have been listed as Hope, Ohio.
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Vietnam War Hero Mike Butsko

Albert Michael Butsko, a 1964 New Albany High School graduate, gave his life for our country in Vietnam on September 10, 1967.
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New Albany Schools

The Early Days “New Albany Schools”

This is what New Albany Elementary (far right), Middle School (now the annex-only old building remaining) and High School (back building, between the track/football field and the baseball field) were like when I started in 1992. It was a special place even then.
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The Dairy Cream

The Old Dairy Cream in New Albany My name is Carolyn, and my brother, Benjamin, and I grew up with our parents, Harrison and Leona Drake, on Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road just south of Morse Road.  When Ben and I were kids, the only thing in New Albany that interested us was the Dairy
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New Albany – Small Town Vibes

Alive with Traditions! Nothing has ever given me more of a small-town vibe than Summer of 2018 in New Albany, Ohio. I was inspired to write this #newalbanystories entry after reading the story, by Steve Joseph, about his memories of New Albany Little League in the 70’s. Our family and
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NEW ALBANY’S WWI CENTENNIAL

You are cordially invited by the New Albany-Plain Township Historical Society to attend: NEW ALBANY’S WWI CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AND REMEMBRANCE VETERAN’S DAY NOVEMBER 11, 2018 at 6:30 P.M. (DOORS OPEN AT SIX.) Noah’s Event Center 175 E. Main Street New Albany, Ohio This is a free eve
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10 speed

Every now and again, I look up Eagles Pizza’s website. I miss the pizza and like to look at the photos. But it is not just the pizza photos I like to see, it is all the photos of New Albany I really like to see! I grew up there but have been in Texas since 1984. I worked at Dair
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NAHS

Class of 1979

A memento from the 30th reunion of the New Albany High School class of 1979.
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Frozen

Events in New Albany Ohio | Summer Movie Series

Summer Movie Series in New Albany Ohio Friday, July 24th: Frozen
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Students get WWII Living History

An American veteran of World War II and a German Jew whom he helped to rescue in Nazi-occupied Holland shared the stage at Granville Middle School (also in New Albany & Johnstown) yesterday to talk about their experiences and to preach the importance of tolerance.
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State Rt. 62 – Open!

62 Round About Now Open This was the word as of 3 month ago! Residents traveling between Johnstown and New Albany will have to find an alternate route to Johnstown Road (U.S. Route 62) this summer because of a bridge replacement and road resurfacing. The Ohio Department of Transportat
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We are going “Back to the Future”

Summer Movie Series presented by Eagles Pizza Friday August 15th: Back to the Future Get in back-to-school mode by going back in time with Marty McFly. This 80’s classic will entertain the entire family. Festivities will begin at 7:30 with music and free popcorn. Other concessions ite
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Events in New Albany Ohio

Dennis Keesee has brought back movie night in New Albany with the first one this coming Friday night at the Wexner Park pavilion. This beautiful signage was done by Sean Alley owner of ProSign on the side of Eagles Pizza, at the exact location where movies were actualy shown, I believ
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The Learning Curve

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a teacher's patience and guidance can be more valuable than gold!
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New Albany high School

Traditions Run Deep

Silence of Country Living Tradition ran deep in the small farming community of New Albany, Ohio. I always thought that some things would never change. I would start out by driving to school with my sister, who drove an old Oldsmobile. We would find a parking spot in big rocks amongst
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New Albany Little League

Many very treasured memories of small town New Albany. We love it here!!
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The Bump

http://newalbanystories.com/2014/03/the-bump/
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The pool in New Albany

It was the BEST! My story begins before I even have memories of New Albany. I would guess that my mother took me to the pool, on 605,  when I was a toddler. I know that she took me to the Y at about six months of age and did one of those “sink or swim” things, tossing me i
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Authors Book Signing

New Albany Ohio Events

Author! Pizza! Books! Pizza! The Eagles Pizza Book Series 2nd book signing /author event of the season welcomes David Cuccia on Sunday, December 15th from 5-8 pm. David’s the author-illustrator of There’s A Crazy Dog Under the Palace! Come out for some great pizza, get you
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Authors Book Signing

New Albany Events

Civil War Authors Book Signing Join us on December 2, from 6-9 PM at Eagles Pizza for our first book signing and visit with authors Richard Baumgartner and Dennis Keesee. Rick has written and edited numerous books on the Civil War and other subjects. He will be signing assorted titles
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Shoestring – New Albany’s 1948 Football Team

Over 65-years ago a group of dedicated parents and students welded goal post, made a practice field and dressed the first team New Albany had in years.
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Old Farm Town

It was 1985 and i was 4 years old, we were moving from columbus to a little town called Homer.
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Hey Coach

In the spring of 2007 my daughter and I went to a Wittenberg university softball game with some friends. The center fielder hit a home run!
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Science Olympiad 2013

2013 New Albany Science Olympiad Invitational A Huge Success
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No Ca$h Value – Fly Away

Ben Coleman Rocks Out! This is one of Ben’s first concerts back in the day. Wow, how time flies. Now Kohl and Brian are in their second year of college and Ben is off to Austin, Texas next week for South by Southwest. They were a great band and are great young men.    
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National Signing Day!

New Albany-Plain Local Schools It’s National Signing Day! Congrats Alan Watson – headed to Columbia University & Darron Lee headed to The Ohio State University! We are so proud!  
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