Monthly Archives: April 2021
Commissioners hesitate to give schools permission to tap their own reserves for maintenance projects
Alamance County’s commissioners have declined for the time being to allow the local school system to draw more than $9.6 million from its own...
Mebane faces a crossroads on what kind of city it will be: charming, or a bully and overbearing tyrant
The city of Mebane has a major test of its values on the horizon.
The city, which has adopted the moniker “positively charming” to describe...
D.A.’s efforts in protest cases need shoring up
More of the court cases, stemming from demonstrations and protests last year around the Historic Court House, are scheduled to resume next week.
We’re a...
Graham council’s discussion on food trucks leads to second recusal debate
Graham’s city council got bogged down for the second consecutive month in whether to modify the city’s rules for food trucks, in order to...
Burlington announces new public works director
The city of Burlington announced this week that Gary Smith has been appointed public works director for the city, effective Monday, April 26.
Smith is...
DAR Good Citizen Award winners chosen
The Battle of Alamance Chapter, North Carolina Society Daughters of the American Revolution has announced this year’s top seniors who have been chosen for...
School system reduces its expectations for county cash as pandemic relief pours in
The annual budget requests from the Alamance-Burlington school system and Alamance Community College are always a learning experience for the county’s board of commissioners....
Depts, agencies press commissioners for $22M more than they currently get
Alamance County’s commissioners officially kicked off the annual budget process on Wednesday (April 21) with the first day of a two-day “retreat” that they’ve...
Graham council OKs industrial rezoning along Cherry Lane near I-85/40
Last month, Graham’s planning board members expressed hesitation about whether a proposal to rezone approximately 40 acres along Cherry Lane near I-85/40 was appropriate...
The Hawbridge School building 41,000-square foot expansion to add K-3rd grades by August
The Hawbridge School, a public charter school for kindergarten through 12th grade located in Saxapahaw, plans to build a new 41,400-square-foot building, according to...
