by The Observer Staff | Dec 28, 2022 | Column, Sean Dietrich
This story was told to me by a friend. A retired nurse. The nurse was passing by room 202 in the pediatric oncology wing. It was late. The hospital was decorated for Chrimstmas. Tinsel on the walls. Construction-paper chain-link garland everywhere. Pictures...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 28, 2022 | Community
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — Local historian Ron Williams has recently compiled a new book, “Fieldstone Pillars,” Book 2. Like Book 1, it continues to focus on the older communities in the southeast corner of Chambers County, Alabama: Hopewell,...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 28, 2022 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BY UNITED WAY OF LEE COUNTY AUBURN — Kerissa Justice has joined United Way of Lee County as marketing specialist and will focus on educating stakeholders about the ways the organization serves the community, said Executive Director Tipi Miller. A 2020...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 28, 2022 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BY ADEM ALABAMA — Due to excessive water loss being experienced by many public water systems in the state, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is requesting that residents and businesses discontinue dripping faucets once temperatures are...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 28, 2022 | Community, Featured
BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM AUBURN — Odds are, if you live in Auburn, you’ve eaten at Niffer’s Place. Keely Beasecker, owner of Niffer’s, has lived in Auburn since the ’70s, when she came to Auburn University as part of the...
