Monthly Archives: February 2022

Burlington’s city council has cleared the way for the demolition of two abandoned buildings along the 100 block of North Main Street that were once home to businesses that folded many years ago. Located at 169 and 171 North Main Street, these two edifices were...

After six years at the helm of Burlington’s municipal government, city manager Hardin Watkins has announced his plans to retire from the business of local government administration. Watkins formally announced his decision to retire on Tuesday after he, first, broke the news to Burlington’s city...

A woman from Burlington got a free ride to the county jail on Friday after she allegedly stole the car of an acquaintance who was chauffeuring her around in his vehicle. According to the office of Alamance County’s sheriff, Kristina Renee White got behind the...

An employee at a Burlington car dealership has been arrested after he allegedly used a company credit card to make thousands of dollars in unauthorized gas purchases. Jamison Antwan Jeffers was ultimately taken into custody last Thursday after the Cox Dodge dealership reported his alleged...

The North Carolina Parole Commission has paroled Jesse Ernest Handy, Sr., 68, white male, who was living at the Shady Grove Mobile Home Park along U.S. Highway 70 in Mebane when he was charged with first-degree rape in October 1991. Handy was subsequently convicted of...

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The public will take notice that the City Council of the City of Mebane will hold a public hearing in the Council Chambers of the Glendel Stephenson Municipal Building located at 106 E. Washington Street, Mebane on Monday, February 7, 2022,...

Council could decide next week on fifth council member        Five more residents, bringing the total to 11, have filed their interest in being appointed to the city council seat left vacant by the voters’ November elevation of Jennifer Talley to the mayor’s chair. The new...

Burlington’s elected leaders are poised to approve a new contract with the city’s long-time recycling hauler that will effectively triple the rates that residents currently pay for curbside collection. During a monthly work session on Monday, Burlington’s city council gave its tentative nod to this...

It wasn’t nuclear proliferation so much as the spread of political powder kegs that haunted Burlington’s city council this week as its members contemplated a proposed resolution in support of nuclear disarmament. In the end, a majority of the council decided to wait until March...