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War Eagle Run Fest adds friendly competition for a good cause

BY DANIEL SCHMIDT THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Following years of sustained growth in participation, the War Eagle Run Fest is set to pitch the Auburn and Opelika chambers of commerce against each other in a friendly rivalry for a good cause. Organizers used a press...
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Alabama gardeners donate 124,414 pounds of fresh produce

CONTRIBUTED BY ACES AUBURN UNIVERSITY — Alabama gardeners turned extra rows, backyard plots and community gardens into 124,414 pounds of donated produce during the Alabama Cooperative Extension System’s Grow More, Give More 250 Pound Challenge, which wrapped up on...
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Auburn Parks & Rec celebrates Member Appreciation Week

CONTRIBUTED BY CITY OF AUBURN AUBURN — Auburn Parks & Recreation is excited to celebrate Member Appreciation Week from Sept. 19 through 25, at Lake Wilmore Park Recreation Center, Frank Brown Recreation Center and Boykin Community Center. Member Appreciation Week...
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25 years later, we remember

BY MICHELLE KEY PUBLISHER AUBURN — Hardy Gilbert remembers the silence. In a city known for noise, movement and crowded sidewalks, that was one of the things he said stood out most on Sept. 11, 2001. Gilbert, owner of The Avondale Bar & Tap Room in Auburn, lived...
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