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County votes down retaining old bridge

by | Oct 17, 2014 | Community

By Fred Woods Editor After considerable discussion among themselves and with affected community members, Lee County commissioners, by a 3-2 vote, rejected a motion to leave the old bridge on Lee Road 65, north of Loachapoka, open while a new bridge is being...

Maj. Bob Barber: Proud husband, father, Marine

by | Oct 17, 2014 | Community

By Jody Fuller Opelika Observer “I was a recruiter’s dream. I walked into the recruiting office on 2nd Avenue near Burger King and told him I wanted to join the Marines. Originally I wanted to join the reserves so I could just get my school paid for, but when I saw...

Days of Opelika-Lafayette dummy line

by | Oct 17, 2014 | Community

Special to the Opelika Observer Just before the turn of the century, Opelika had two different “dummy lines.” A small portion of one of these dummy lines is still visible across from Northside School. Actually, it was not properly a dummy line but a full guage...