Monthly Archives: July 2021
School system looking to rent or buy new properties for special programs
From $4,500 to $11,00 per month rent, or buy from $525,000 to $2.05M
Alamance-Burlington school board members held a special-called meeting Monday afternoon to hear...
Newest 9 suspects sought by Burlington police; public’s help sought to find them
Burlington's police department is asking for the public's help in locating nine individuals wanted for various crimes.
One of the two newest suspects is wanted...
Prosecution 0-2 this week as two more racial justice protest defendants are found not guilty
Three black defendants who had been arrested at racial justice protests in downtown Graham on September 26 and October 31 of last year had...
County mulls moving elections office to defunct pharmacy in Burlington
Alamance County’s board of commissioners has given the county’s administrators the go-ahead to explore the possible purchase of a decommissioned pharmacy in Burlington to...
Back-to-back COVID cases in Alamance County courts
The office of senior resident superior court judge Tom Lambeth has sent out two notices within the last week, informing the public of recent...
County commissioners give top deputies raises over and above 5% hikes in new budget
Less than a month after Alamance County’s commissioners approved a budget that added 5 percent onto the salaries of all its deputies and jailers,...
Planning board prefers mixed use to all commercial for residential neighborhood
Graham’s planning board was decidedly unenthusiastic about a project brought to them for consideration this week that would convert about a half block of...
Avery Harvey, frequent protester, indicted on felony drug charge
An Alamance County grand jury has indicted one of the most frequent protesters in the ongoing racial justice demonstrations in downtown Graham on a...
Burlington officials reflect on E. coli discovery that prompted recent water quality advisory
An E. coli scare that prompted a “boil water” advisory in Burlington last week was anything but water under the bridge when Burlington’s city...
Planning board unimpressed with New Jersey developer’s plans for large Gilbreath Street multi-family project; unanimously recommend against it
Graham planning board members were skeptical from the outset Tuesday night as they heard a New Jersey developer outline plans for a large multi-family...
