by The Observer Staff | Aug 4, 2022 | Community
Grocer to donate one million meals to Feeding America while helping to provide access to healthy meals to children in need CONTRIBUTED BYSOUTHEASTERN GROCERS ALABAMA — Southeastern Grocers Inc. (SEG), parent company and home of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 4, 2022 | Community
Contributed byCity of Auburn AUBURN — The city of Auburn has been named one of the winners of the ETC Institute’s Leading the Way Award, which recognizes local governments for delivering outstanding services to their communities. Since 2004, the ETC Institute has...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 4, 2022 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BYOPELIKA PUBLIC LIBRARY OPELIKA — This past Saturday the Opelika Public Library unveiled the new Golden State Foods Foundation Musical Garden, located along the Storywalk at the Opelika Public Library. The Musical Garden consists of Cherub Bells, Sansa...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 4, 2022 | Column, Sean Dietrich
By SEAN DIETRICH I’m writing this in the early morning. The birds are asleep, the crickets, too. The sun is about to rise, and it’s going to rise just for you. There is a faint glow behind the trees. I can see it. Just wait. It’s coming. I received a letter this...
by The Observer Staff | Aug 4, 2022 | Column, Wendy Hodge
By WENDY HODGE It’s been a while since I drove downtown to visit my spot at the fountain in the courthouse square. For a long time, that was where I went to write, and to think and to just breathe. But then life got so busy, as it always seems to do. New job, new...