by The Observer Staff | Nov 26, 2024 | Education
Ready… Set… Rocket Run! Students line up for Dean Road Elementary School’s annual Rocket Run. Auburn High School football players and cheerleaders cheered on students as they arrived at the school recently, as it celebrates raising over $25,000 in this year’s...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 26, 2024 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell
OPINION — The Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) held the 61st Swimming and Diving Championship last weekend at the Huntsville Aquatics Center. GIRLS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPWestminster Christian Academy girls team won the 1A-5A State Swimming Championship...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 25, 2024 | Bruce Green, Column
A great place to be OPINION — Scott Macaulay lives in Melrose, Massachusetts, where he runs Macaulay’s House of Vacuum Cleaners. But that’s not what he’s known for—Scott is known for Thanksgiving.It started in 1985, when Scott was 24. His parents were getting divorced...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Giving Thanks OPINION — This is Maria’s story. Why she entrusted it to a hapless columnist like myself is beyond me. Either way, our story begins in a humble cafeteria, filled with homeless people.They are all here for the free annual holiday meal. All who enter are...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 25, 2024 | Obituaries
JOAN LOUISE O’BRIEN BENNETTJoan Bennett was born in Dadeville to Tom and Louise O’Brien. She graduated from Opelika High School in 1948, attended Brenau College and married Luther A. Bennett Jr. in August 1949. They were married for over 69 years until his death in...
