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Opelika Council considers new Bed and Breakfast text amendments

BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER OPELIKA — The Bed & Breakfast debate is still ongoing in the city of Opelika. During Tuesday night’s city council meeting, the council held public hearings on two different versions of a text amendment to the existing ordinance with one...
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Auburn tennis facility to receive facelift

BY DANIEL SCHMIDTFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN – The Yarbrough Tennis Center will soon receive major cosmetic upgrades after the Auburn City Council on Tuesday approved two contracts to resurface courts at the facility.Those contracts — one for $127,000 and one for $98,000...
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Commission discusses bulk pickup program for disabled, elderly citizens

BY HANNAH GOLDFINGERFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Commission discussed instituting a new program to aide the elderly and disabled with the bulk debris pickup program.As the county currently has a bulk pickup program utilizing sites within the county,...
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Guy F. Gunter III retiring after 50 years of serving Opelika

BY KADIE TAYLOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — The Opelika City Attorney Guy F. Gunter III is retiring in six weeks after serving his city for 50 years.  “I've been the city attorney for 50 years, going back to August of 1975, and of course, that means I've worked with a...
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