Community Articles

Downtown Opelika’s Envy Salon celebrates 16th year

BY ANN CIPPERLYFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — As one of the longest operating businesses in downtown Opelika, Envy Salon on Railroad Avenue is celebrating its 16th year. Over the years, owner Holly Surrency has received awards for expert hair styling and colorings,...

They’re Back!

Local farmer's markets announce plans for summer Auburn's City Market open starting May 18 CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER AUBURN — City Market, Auburn Parks and Recreation’s weekly farmer’s market, will return for the summer beginning May 18. The market will be held each...

Avenue B bridge to get new name

BY MICHELLE KEY, PUBLISHER OPELIKA — In Tuesday night’s meeting, the Opelika City Council passed a resolution to rename the Avenue B bridge after Thomas Kidd Davis III. as the “Thomas Kidd Davis III Memorial Bridge.” Davis and several members of his family were in...

Stamp Out Hunger: Letter carriers to collect for food bank

Leave canned goods by your mailbox for pick up on May 11 CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — The Food Bank of East Alabama is asking for the community’s support on May 11 by participating in Stamp Out Hunger, the largest single-day food drive in the country...
Dr. Anne Leader to Present

Dr. Anne Leader to Present

The Florentine Way of Death Contributed by OLLI Dr. Anne Leader, visitng fellow at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Technology in...

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Community Marches for Peace

Community Marches for Peace

Aied Harris from Montgomery was the guest speaker at this years Non-Violence Peace Rally and March held in the Samford Community in Opelika last...

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Canyon Clay Company

Canyon Clay Company

By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com How do you spend your free time? Isabelle Watt spends hers making polymer earrings. Polymer earrings...

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Compassion

Compassion

By BRADLEY ROBERTSON I have always been a feeler, a deep and wrestling feeler. And not just for myself, but for others as well. I’m beginning to...

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