Monthly Archives: December 2020
Developer uses old ordinance to reduce lot sizes of project near Ashley Woods
QUESTION: Why were lot size requirements for Gibsonville’s upcoming Owen Park development reduced after the town’s board of aldermen approved R-15 zoning last year?
ANSWER:...
Government COVID closures climb
The number of local government services suspended or closed due to coronavirus is climbing.
N.C. Supreme Court chief justice Cheri Beasley announced Friday that most...
Private group eyes building park near Gravelly Hill Middle School
A 38-acre park complex – that would be developed, funded, and overseen by community members – is being planned just outside of Mebane, near...
From The Washington Post: A North Carolina judge is blocking journalists from his courtroom. One objected – and got handcuffed.
The judge has given no reason for the order in a county wracked by racial justice protests. That’s causing concern for transparency advocates.
By Elahe...
GUEST EDITORIAL from Greensboro News & Record – Our Opinion: A judge shows contempt for the law
Editorial, The (Greensboro) News & Record, Dec 13, 2020
By a judge’s command, Alamance News Publisher Tom Boney Jr. was handcuffed and hustled out of...
From amicus curiae brief: Depriving a journalist of his opportunity to object to closure by handcuffing and physically removing him is unconstitutional and improper
Mr. Boney sought to attend the sentencing as a surrogate of the public, in order to assert his constitutional right to be present in...
Mebane city council annexes new flooring store now under construction
Mebane added two acres to its corporate city limits last week, with the annexation of property where Signature Flooring is building a new store...
ABSS teacher of the year named regional designee
Alamance-Burlington 2020 Teacher of the Year Kelly Poquette has been named the Piedmont-Triad regional Teacher of the Year.
Poquette, who teaches music at E.M. Yoder...
ACC names Elon University as 2020 Business Partner of the Year
Alamance Community College (ACC) has named Elon University as its 2020 Business Partner of the Year in recognition of the outstanding support the university...
Four from area nominated to military academies
Congressman Mark Walker has nominated 15 N.C. high school students for appointment to one of the U.S. service academies for the Class of 2025...
