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Uptown Columbus Announces Beer & Wine Festival This Fall

CONTRIBUTED BY  UPTOWN COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, GA —  Uptown Columbus is excited to announce the return of the popular Uptown Beer & Wine Festival presented by Publix, on Sept. 9, 2023, from 1 to 4 p.m. The event will offer guests the chance to taste over 100...

Summer in the Park Cooks ‘Burgers for Bubba

This year's Summer in the Park event for United Way of Lee County is being rebranded as "Burgers for Bubba", in honor of Opelika Firefighter Media Zachary "Bubba"Sorenson, who passed away July 29, 2023. CONTRIBUTED BY  THE CITY OF OPELIKA OPELIKA —  The city...

Sundilla Presents Three On A String 

CONTRIBUTED BY SUNDILLA  AUBURN —  You don’t last for more than 50 years in the entertainment business if you aren’t very good at entertaining. And “Three On a String” is better than “very good.” They are fantastic, incredible, hilarious and legendary, and...

Auburn Adopts Transportation Plan

BY HANNAH GOLDFINGERHGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN —The city of Auburn approved its FY 2024 plan during its Tuesday night meeting.“The city of Auburn FY 2024 Transportation Plan documents the transportation infrastructure projects approved by the City Council...
Hoppin’ for Breakfast

Hoppin’ for Breakfast

Auburn Parks and Recreation held its second annual "Breakfast with Bunny" Easter event Saturday, April 1. The event was moved from Kiesel Park to...

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Opelika Goes Blue for Autism

Opelika Goes Blue for Autism

The 12th annual Going Blue for Autism event was held Saturday, April 1, at Courthouse Square in Opelika. More than 500 people attended the event....

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