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Auburn Council Discusses Boykin Community Center

BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER HGOLDFINGER@ OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — The Auburn City Council approved several items relating to the new Boykin Community Center during Tuesday night's council meeting.  The Boykin-Donahue Campus Project is a large city project to add a...
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 Take Me to Your River

 CONTRIBUTED BY WANDA DYE  OPELIKA — “Take me to your River…Time with my Fathers” is a body of work created over the past seven years that reflects upon my journey in recovery. The work is a series of meditative moments recorded through image, sound, drawing and...
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Opelika Council Approves Funds for ‘We’ll Meet Again’ Performance

BY MICHELLE KEY MICHELLE@ OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — During Tuesday night's Opelika City Council meeting, the council approved a special appropriation to the Arts Association of East Alabama (AAEA) in the amount of $14,000 to be used exclusively to defray expenses...
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Citizens and Commission At Odds Over Comments

BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER HGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM LEE COUNTY — Two years ago, the Lee County Commission removed citizens’ communications from its livestream video, public record and minutes. “The Lee County Commission voted unanimously to change the agenda format...
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She’s My Hero …

She’s My Hero …

Feb 22, 2023

BY MICHELLE KEY MICHELLE@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA  — The Opelika City Council and Mayor Gary Fuller recognized Oniece Starks, Thomasine...

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Man of Many Firsts

Man of Many Firsts

Feb 16, 2023

BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — Michael Floyd is man of many firsts. Floyd is a first-generation college student, one of the...

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