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Crown Trophy engraves love into gifts and keepsakes

BY LOGAN HURSTONFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — After 25 years in business, Crown Trophy in Auburn is under new ownership. Michael and Camila Tonks purchased the trophy and engraving store in November 2024 from the original owner, Kris Kirk.The Tonks moved to Auburn from...
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Turn ‘n’ Burn food truck offers elevated street food

BY MICHAELA YIELDINGFOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — Best Friends Adam Stiff and Dickie Johnson are bringing a new food truck to the Auburn-Opelika area. The food truck, Turn & Burn, gives an elevated spin on popular street foods.Stiff and Johnson have worked in...
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Argentine Tango Club offers fun, fitness, fellowship

BY LOGAN HURSTON FOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA —For some, tango is just a dance. For others, it’s a way to communicate. That’s where Auburn’s Argentine Tango Club comes in. The club was started in the early 2000s by Omar Romagnoli, a native of Argentina who was...
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Opelika woman enjoys repurposing quilts into useful items

BY HANNAH BEASLEY FOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — Leigh Ann Parker of Opelika recycles old quilts and gives them new life. Her passion for repurposing old quilts began two years ago during when she stumbled upon a quilt coat pattern and became intrigued.“I began going...
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A Dapper Day Indeed

A Dapper Day Indeed

May 10, 2023

Each year on the first Saturday in May, Storybook Farm hosts a Derby-worthy ensemble of fancy hats, perfect mint juleps and Dapper Dan dudes....

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A Good Time at the Fair

A Good Time at the Fair

May 4, 2023

Modern Midways has set up a fair at USA Town Center in Opelika which will run through May 13. Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. on weekdays and 1 to 11 p.m. on...

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Publix Is Coming to Opelika

Publix Is Coming to Opelika

May 3, 2023

BY MICHELLE KEY MICHELLE@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA  — During Tuesday night's Opelika City Council meeting, the council members voted to...

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