Monthly Archives: October 2021
Celebrate the Holidays with Special Centerpieces
Celebrate the Holidays with Special Centerpieces
(Family Features) Few things bring family and friends together quite like the holidays, and serving up an elegant, seasonal...
New police chief is home grown
Brian Long didn’t initially join the queue of job applicants who hoped to succeed the city’s former police chief Jeff Smythe when he retired...
ABSS employees will get $3,000 December bonuses
Alamance-Burlington school board members decided this week to give ABSS employees an early Christmas gift, unexpectedly voting Monday night to give all employees –...
State approves permit for asphalt plant in Caswell Co. that it rejected a year ago
State regulators in Raleigh have given the all-clear to an asphalt plant in southern Caswell County that they had previously rejected over concerns that the...
Taxing, spending priorities at heart of candidate differences
Candidates for Graham mayor and city council are generally satisfied with the city’s current tax rate and most areas of spending.
Most of the mayoral...
Newest Meritage Homes subdivision in Graham to target first-time homebuyers
Meritage Homes, the nation’s sixth-largest public homebuilder and an increasing presence in Alamance County new home construction, announced this week that it has closed...
One arrested, one still sought in teen’s September murder on Railroad Street in Burlington
Burlington police have arrested one man and are seeking another who remains at large in the murder of a Burlington teenager whose body was...
Burlington’s new police chief sworn in during Fri. afternoon ceremony
A crowd of law enforcement officers, elected officials, and other well wishers packed Burlington’s Paramount Theater on Friday afternoon to see Brian Long sworn...
County urges residents to “Tarp It!” when they haul trash to the landfill
It may sound like a mild imprecation or swear. But members of Alamance County’s staff are doing more than just venting as they call...
Sheriff lauds federal ‘strike team’ for successes against gun violence
Alamance County’s leaders received some good news last week in the ongoing struggle against gun violence in the community.
In a recent report to the...
