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Community Calendar | Week of June 23, 2025

ONGOING TUESDAYS — O GROWS FARMERS MARKETThe O Grows Farmers Market is held every Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Courthouse Square in downtown Opelika. The market will feature local produce, baked goods, crafts, live music and story time by the Opelika Public Library....

4th of July Festivities

Opelika Freedom Celebration to feature Silver Wings parachute team, fireworks Thursday, July 3 CONTRIBUTED BY CITY OF OPELIKA OPELIKA — Opelika Parks and Recreation invites the community to celebrate Independence Day at the 72nd annual Freedom Celebration on Thursday,...

Library offers crafts, laughs, reads and treats

Lew-E the Clown and his sidekick Oogly-Boogly presented a magic and juggling show to Chambers County children on June 3. PHOTOS BY PAMELA HOLLOWAY THE LAFAYETTE SUN Popsicles with Police Officers was held at the LaFayette Libray on June 5. Children enjoyed the cold...

Juneteenth events to be celebrated this month

BY ANITA STIEFELMANAGING EDITOR EAST ALABAMA — Several events are planned to celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Also called Emancipation Day, Juneteenth was originally celebrated in Texas on the day that Black people...