Monthly Archives: April 2022
Belated audit report finds county flush with revenue
An audit report that came three months later than usual was nevertheless well worth the wait for Alamance County’s board of commissioners.
From its robust...
School board votes 6-1 to spend $30,000 to upgrade library at Central Office
Alamance-Burlington school board members also voted 6-1 Monday night to use $30,000 in county capital reserve funding to complete the first phase of technology...
County youth excel at livestock show
The 76th annual Central Piedmont Junior Livestock Show and Sale was held recently in Hillsborough. This is the 34th year the show was held...
Student writers selected for awards
The Burlington Writers Club annually sponsors the Student Writing Contest to recognize exceptional student writers in Alamance County.
An award ceremony was recently held at...
Graham Police: Pines Apts. has become hot spot for crimes involving guns, drugs, and gangs
Graham police say that criminal activity – including drugs, guns, and violent crimes, sometimes gang-related – has plagued The Pines Apartments and the surrounding...
New Graham fire (sub)station on hold
Sometimes significant changes of policy or planning just slip out during government meetings.
Such may have been the case last Thursday when Graham city manager...
First Baptist Burlington to install new pastor Sunday
Reverend Chase Robinson will be installed as Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church of Burlington, 400 South Broad Street in Burlington, on Sunday, May...
SHS grad rises through the ranks at Dept. of Insurance
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has promoted Barry Smith to the role of deputy director of communications and safety officer at the N.C....
Planning board gives unanimous nod to three-story apts along Whitesell Dr.
The harsh judgment that Zimmer Development received from Burlington’s planning and zoning commission this week wasn’t extended to another developer with plans for an...
School board awards more bonuses to ABSS employees
Alamance-Burlington school board members voted 7-0 this week to award a $500 bonus to ABSS child nutrition employees who work this summer, at an...
