by The Observer Staff | Feb 11, 2025 | Education
BY ACS “Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain” [Oliver Goldsmith] From this first line of Oliver Goldsmith’s 1770 poem, Auburn’s iconic nickname was derived. His poem beautifully describes the fictional Irish village of Auburn in full bloom. Because...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 11, 2025 | Calendar (Upcoming Events)
FEB. 14 — VOCTAVE IN CONCERTA cappella sensation Voctave bring their show “The Corner of Broadway and Main Street” to the Gouge Performing Arts Center on Friday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the website: goguecenter.evenue.net. FEB. 15-16 — BLACK...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 11, 2025 | Education, Featured
BY STEVEN STIEFEL FOR THE OBSERVER Smiths Station Teachers Confront Superintendent Lee County Superintendent Mike Howard found himself taking heat from angry parents and teachers from South Smiths Station Elementary School during the Feb. 11 regular school board...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 11, 2025 | Featured
BY KRISTEN BOWMAN AU NEWS AUBURN — The Auburn University Board of Trustees approved two transformational projects for the College of Agriculture at its meeting on Friday, Feb. 7. The board approved phase one of a new children’s garden at the 16-acre Transformation...