Monthly Archives: June 2021
Kudos to 3 commissioners who remembered who they represent
Alamance County taxpayers owe a debt of gratitude to three county commissioners who managed to remember them this week by rolling back the property...
Police, sheriff videos from Oct. 31 protest to be released
An Alamance County superior court judge has ordered the release of body camera footage and other recordings that law enforcement officials produced during a...
Junk collectors backslide; judge issues new order to clean up property and keep it cleaned up
An illegal junkyard outside of Burlington municipal limits appears to have slowly reconstituted itself in the months since county officials leaned on the property...
Burlington OKs nearly $1M in subsidies for public infrastructure in new medical park
UPDATE from subsequent city council vote on Thursday morning, June 17, 2021:
A package of financial incentives for a new medical park was among the...
Long-time Elon mayor Jerry Tolley won’t seek re-election
Long-standing Elon mayor Jerry Tolley announced Tuesday night that he will not seek re-election as his term ends this November.
Tolley, 78, made his announcement...
If you’ve ever wanted to serve on Mebane planning board, now’s the time to apply; Friday is the deadline
The city of Mebane faces a shortage of applications for the city’s planning board in one category, the exact number (among all three incumbents...
Eastern High School Top 10 students all headed to college with thousands of dollars in scholarships
Eastern High School’s Class of 2021 graduated two weeks ago with their high school diplomas and thousands of dollars in scholarship awards to attend...
Graham woman charged with sexual assault
A Graham woman has been charged with sexual assault against a young teenager which is alleged to have occurred almost a year ago.
According to...
Burlington short on volunteers for some city advisory boards
Burlington’s city council has agreed to keep the slots open for two of the city’s advisory boards and commissioners whose vacancies its members have,...
Commissioner vice chairman appointed to ACC’s board of trustees
Alamance County’s commissioners have appointed the board's vice chairman, Steve Carter, to serve on Alamance Community College's board of trustees.
Carter’s term on the community...
