Monthly Archives: January 2020
Will Green Level councilman continue to serve as town’s as interim administrator?
QUESTION: What is the current status of Green Level council member Michael Trollinger’s contract to serve as the town’s interim municipal administrator?
ANSWER: For roughly...
Appeals Court verdict upholds jury’s verdict finding Burlington doc not liable for allegedly botched surgery
The state’s second-highest court has rejected an appeal filed by the executrix for the estate of a former Burlington resident seeking to overturn an...
Appeals Court splits over whether Burlington man convicted of murder in fatal crash should get a new trial
The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a split opinion this week that upheld the second-degree murder conviction of a Burlington man who was...
Chapel Hill man arrested second time for soliciting sex from undercover cop
A man from Chapel Hill who was nabbed in an anti-prostitution sting last summer has been arrested again for allegedly propositioning an undercover officer...
Did county recently demote longtime head of 9-1-1 center?
QUESTION: Was there a recent shakeup at Alamance County’s 9-1-1 center that resulted in the demotion of Dexter Brower, the county’s longtime director of...
Councilman, mayor want bike lane restriped – pronto
At a 3-hour meeting where council members were sometimes bogged down in discussion about everything from a new emergency dispatch system with Burlington (almost...
Proposed county budget request for ABSS tops $49.1M
Alamance-Burlington school board members seemed to have few qualms about a $49.1 million proposed county budget request for 2020-21, though several board members asked...
Mathews named N.C. Junior Boys’ Player of the Year
Nicholas Mathews of Mebane has been named the boys 2019 N.C. Junior Player of the Year by the Tarheel Youth Golf Association (TYGA) and...
New Elon town manger sworn in
Elon's new town manager, Richard Roedner, is sworn in by town clerk Dianne Enoch on Monday night. Accompanying Roedner during the ceremony are wife...
Mebane agrees to increase salary for IT director, add new IT specialist position
Mebane’s city council voted unanimously this week to increase the pay for the city’s Information Technology (IT) director, in hopes of boosting the city’s...
