by The Observer Staff | May 7, 2025 | Featured, Sports
By Daniel Schmidt, For The Observer MONTGOMERY – Full circle. It was a term Auburn High School head baseball coach Matt Hendricks used postgame to describe the feeling of victory as he soaked in the sight of his overjoyed team jumping around the turf at Montgomery’s...
by The Observer Staff | May 6, 2025 | Politics
BY DANIEL SCHMIDTFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN – The fate of a proposed solid waste collection fee increase will remain in the balance until June 3 after the Auburn City Council on Tuesday postponed a vote on amending the city ordinance.The city has not increased its solid...
by The Observer Staff | May 6, 2025 | Politics
BY MICHELLE KEY | PUBLISHER OPELIKA — The council held a public hearing for an ordinance to amend the Zoning Ordinance and Map to rezone 20.1 acres of land located at 2502 Anderson Road from R-1, rural district to R-3, low-density residential, and later introduced the...
by The Observer Staff | May 6, 2025 | Ann Cipperly, Column
BY ANN CIPPERLY With their home filled with beautiful music, Ashley, a violinist, and Dr. Corey Spurlin, director of the Auburn University Marching Band, have a love of music from both of their families’ background in music performance. They also share a love of...
by The Observer Staff | May 6, 2025 | Column, Sean Dietrich
OPINION — From May 2022 I bought a jigsaw puzzle at the grocery store today. The box features an ornate cathedral with red roses and blossoming foliage. The cathedral is in Germany. The puzzle cost two bucks. My mother and I used to do jigsaw puzzles. Big...
