by The Observer Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Events
CONTRIBUTED BYUPTOWN COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, GA — The Uptown Columbus Market Days on Broadway started back last Saturday, April 1. The new season will run from April 1 through the end of November. Market Days on Broadway are from 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday on the 1000...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Column, Sean Dietrich
By SEAN DIETRICH Buc-ee’s convenience store sits outside Athens, Alabama, like a giant squatting beaver. This Texas-based gas station place is not a mere gas station. Buc-ee’s is a dwarf planet. You’re looking at Six Flags Over Circle K. And the place is packed today....
by The Observer Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BYK SQUARED GROUP AUBURN — Jamba, a global lifestyle brand that serves freshly blended fruit and vegetable smoothies, made-to-order bowls, fresh-squeezed juices and shots and boosts, and Auntie Anne’s, the world’s largest hand-rolled soft pretzel...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Community, Events
The Opelika Art Haus held its Art Haus Studios Opening & Exhibition event last Saturday, April 1. From 6 to 8 p.m. Locals visited the six new private studios, were given a tour, met the resident artists and enjoyed some wine and cheese while they perused the art...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Sports
BY WIL CREWSSPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — WOMEN’S Mac Matthews was introduced as the head coach of the Southern Union women’s soccer team at Monday’s press conference. Matthews has been coaching soccer since graduating from Samford University — where he...