Monthly Archives: January 2021

Most nearby school systems – in Chatham, Guilford, Randolph, and Rockingham counties – and more than 75 percent across the state have some or all students back in the classroom While Alamance-Burlington students are continuing to receive their instruction online – marking the ninth full...

A visiting superior court judge has agreed to let the owners of ACE Speedway take legal action against the state for the venue’s forcible closure last year due to fears that it could be a breeding ground for coronavirus infections. Superior Court Judge John Dunlow...

UPS has closed on the purchase of land at the Hawfields-area industrial park to build a $262 million distribution center that is estimated to span 1 million square feet and create 451 full-time jobs with annual salaries averaging $65,147. UPS purchased the four parcels in...

Burlington's police department is asking for the public's help in locating 10 individuals wanted for various crimes.  Meanwhile the police expresses thanks for the public's assistance in finding 7 out of 14 suspects previously identified by the department on January 18.  The four new...

Electronic ankle monitors have long been the standard accouterment of convicted lawbreakers who are sentenced to house arrest. But in many parts of the state, ankle monitors have yet to take hold in the area of pretrial detention, where cash bonds and jail time...

The real estate lawyer who narrowly failed to get Burlington’s planning commission to endorse a new Muslim cemetery on Monday also whiffed his shot at another rezoning request concerning the redevelopment of a now-defunct golf course as a residential community. Lawson Brown, a partner...

The former county commissioner who helped head the county’s 150th anniversary celebration, its Sesquicentennial, in 1999, is weighing in on the idea of renaming the park that was to be the “lasting gift” to the community after the yearlong celebration of the county’s 1849...

Williams High's Ryan Motondo is state champion in cross country Two Alamance County teenagers brought home wins this past weekend when they came in first and tenth in the state’s cross-country championship. The competition, held in Kernersville on Saturday, was split into four divisions, with locals...

QUESTION: Why hasn’t anything been done to stop sewage from bubbling up from behind the Bojangles restaurant along Huffman Mill Road? This same problem was apparently reported to the local health department over a year ago. ANSWER: In much the same way that fried food...

For assistance with legal advertising, please call (336) 228-7851 or e-mail us at legals@thealamancenews.com. NOTICE OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARING The public will take notice that the City Council of the City of Mebane has called a virtual public hearing on Monday, February 1, 2021 at 6:00...