Monthly Archives: March 2021
Elon board asked (again) to consider raising town’s property tax rate
Town grapples with how to pay for services when so much of municipality's land is owned by Elon University and three other non-profit organizations...
Developer asks Gibsonville board to allow 26 more units in townhome development (previously approved for 55)
Homeowners in Gibsonville’s Sullivan Court neighborhood pleaded with the town’s board of aldermen to reject a developer’s proposed expansion of a townhome development when...
City agrees to help subsidize co.’s plans for Lakeside Mill renovation
A company that transforms recycled materials into luxury furnishings has approached the city of Burlington about a plan to refurbish a vacant textile mill...
Charges dismissed against protester who had been ejected from county commissioners’ meeting in August
Alamance County assistant district attorney Kevin Harrison, who has been assigned to prosecute all of the cases involving arrests made during a series of...
Protester with African-American flag found not guilty of Sept. 26 charges
Additional, earlier charges from July to be heard next week
It apparently came down to a few seconds of video footage for the defendant in...
Protester in jail parking lot found guilty
Another protester did not fare as well as Maurice Wells, Jr., who was found not guilty of three charges associated with his actions during...
Possibility of disc golf course being added at city’s traditional golf course? Rec director recommends against
A push to bring disc golf to the county’s only municipal golf course fell a bit short of the green this week as Burlington’s...
Commissioners adopt 12-month moratorium on new heavy industrial development in Snow Camp
Moratorium is viewed as prelude to future zoning in southwest corner of county
Alamance County’s commissioners have agreed to place a twelve-month moratorium on new...
ABSS planning to open virtual academy this fall
The Alamance-Burlington school system is planning to open a new virtual academy this fall for students in grades six through 12, ABSS deputy superintendent...
