Monthly Archives: July 2021
Attorney General names former police chief head of state’s education and training standards commission
Former Burlington police chief J. Jeffrey "Jeff" Smythe, who retired from that position in May, has been named as the director of the North...
99 more apartments, townhouses recommended in Mebane
Mebane’s planning board heard two developers’ plans for 48 new apartments and 51 additional townhouses Monday night, recommending both projects to the city council...
Who needs a budget?
Nineteen days.
That’s how long it took for Alamance County’s commissioners to ignore the budget they just adopted last month and layer on a half...
Council confirms hosiery mill’s historic status ahead of its proposed conversion to new use
Burlington’s city council has unanimously agreed to confer historic landmark status on a defunct textile mill off of Webb Avenue as a prelude to...
Memo to county manager: Graham is the center of the county
We hate that we apparently need to provide remedial education for the county manager Bryan Hagood, but someone needs to remind him that the...
Don’t grow too fond of any local politician; they’ll almost surely disappoint. This week’s example: tripling school board pay
We’ve learned never to get too enamored of any local politician.
Just when you think you finally have a few good, well-principled people serving in...
Taxpayers aren’t laughing at school system’s ineptitude: no plan, no planning, just a lot of money they’re ready to spend
Well, it was really a week for laughable public meetings of local boards (see adjacent editorials), but, as usual, the school board didn’t want...
Legal Notices, Thursday, July 22, 2021
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Graham, NC will hold a public hearing in the...
Municipal slates for 2021 elections now set; last day brought several surprising last-minute filings
The final day for candidate filings for 2021 municipal elections brought some surprises and significant developments.
Filing Friday morning for mayor of Burlington was councilman...
Majority of Western’s top graduates attending NCSU, UNC this fall
Several Western Alamance High School’s top graduates may be running into familiar faces on their college campuses this fall as the majority of the...
