Monthly Archives: May 2021
School board member Patsy Simpson won’t seek re-election in 2024; says she’s not sure she can complete current term
Patsy Simpson, who was just elected to her fourth term on the Alamance-Burlington school board in 2020, told The Alamance News this week that...
After winning earlier in the week, Southern drops Friday baseball game to Asheboro
By Jacob Kisamore
Special to The Alamance News
The Southern Alamance Patriots were unable to keep up with the Asheboro Blue Comets in an 8-5 loss...
City manager optimistic about greenway trail that former mayor says is “unneeded, unwise, expensive” and “absolutely of no value”
Mebane’s city manager is still optimistic that everything will work out for the city to obtain an easement on the one missing parcel necessary...
Deputies arrest woman for financial card fraud
Local sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 68-year-old woman for a string of purchases she allegedly made with a debit card that was reported stolen...
Man sentenced first to death penalty, then life imprisonment at retrial, granted parole 37 years after murder
A former Alamance County man who was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in June 1984 – and whose sentence was overturned...
Commissioners take racial equity training as part of NAACP settlement
A court-ordered primer on racial equity was apparently one of the conversation topics on Monday when Alamance County’s commissioners huddled behind closed doors with...
After five months on job, arts council director leaving for university post in Utah
After only five months on the job, the Alamance Arts Council is losing its new executive director.
Brandon Bruce was selected after a national search...
First members of racial equity advisory committee appointed by Mebane city council
Mebane's city council has appointed the first six out of seven potential members of a racial equity advisory committee. The city had decided...
Graham activist convicted of resisting an officer and trespassing during November 2020 protest outside jail
Kristofer Wayne Loy, white male, 27, of 514 East Harden Street, Graham, was convicted Wednesday of misdemeanor second-degree trespass and resisting a public officer...
Mebane budget holds line on property taxes; water & sewer rates to rise 10 percent
Mebane city manager Chris Rollins outlined to city council members Monday night his proposed budget for the next fiscal year that begins July 1.
Rollins...
