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The Car Library, Hot Wheels and happy children

BY KADIE TAYLOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — We’ve all seen little free pantry boxes and little free libraries — even art exchanges where visitors can take a piece and leave one they’ve created. Now, Beauregard has its own twist on the idea. Visit Mi Ranchito and check...
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Area food banks brace for increased demand

BY DANIEL SCHMIDT FOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — In the unseasonably chill Halloween air, a line of cars wrapped nearly completely around the Valley First Assembly of God Church. It was just shy of 9 a.m., and each one had come to receive their bimonthly food...
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Big House to build a Little House for preschoolers 

BY KAYLEIGH FREEMAN FOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA – BigHouse Foundation, a nonprofit organization serving foster and adoptive families since 2009, is taking steps toward opening Little House Preschool, an early development child care service for foster children. ...
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Smith, Council take oath to begin new terms

BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER OPELIKA — The Opelika City Council held its organizational meeting Monday, Nov. 3, at 6 p.m. at the Municipal Court Building, 300 Martin Luther King Blvd. The session marked the official swearing-in of Mayor Eddie Smith and all five newly...
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