Monthly Archives: February 2022
Burlington planning board votes 4-3 against endorsing secession for four homes in historic district
Burlington's planning commission narrowly recommended against requests submitted from industrialist Allen E. Gant, Jr. and Patrick and Emily Robinson to withdraw four lots along...
First Democrat files for county commissioner
The first Democrat, Anthony Pierce, has filed for one of two seats on the Alamance County board of commissioners.
Pierce was a candidate in 2020,...
Burlington council names former Mebane city mgr. David Cheek as interim for Burlington while search for permanent replacement gets underway
Cheek retired one year ago in Mebane; he'll take reins from Hardin Watkins, who retired from Burlington post last month (effective March 6)
Burlington's...
Burlington planning board OK with Shell station near Mackintosh on the Lake subdivision
Burlington planning board OK with Shell station near Mackintosh on the Lake subdivision
Burlington’s planning and zoning commission has endorsed a request to rezone a...
Masks now optional on ABSS school buses, as well
The Alamance-Burlington school system has announced that school buses will be mask-optional, meaning students and employees will no longer be required to wear face...
Mask mandate, other Covid requirements end for Alamance courts
Alamance County courts will fully reopen, effective immediately, Alamance County's two top judges have decided, based on a directive from N.C. Supreme Court chief...
Democrat files to run for state senate against incumbent Amy Galey
Mebane city councilman Sean Ewing has filed to run against Amy Scott Galey for a seat in the state senate that Galey now holds.
Ewing...
New state house candidate prompts GOP primary for district 63
Republicans will now have a primary election in May for the state house of representatives, for district #63, which is comprised of eastern and...
State division of archives suing Burlington auction company
At stake: a document signed by one of three N.C. signers of Declaration of Independence
The North Carolina division of archives is suing to force...
Fraudulent documents exposed during board of adjustment hearing on boarding house
A seemingly mundane hearing on the legal status of a Burlington boarding house took a dramatic turn this week when attorneys for the city...
