Monthly Archives: April 2022
School board may eliminate 365-day athletic ineligibility for children of ABSS employees who switch schools
Alamance-Burlington school board members have given preliminary approval to several proposed policy changes, including one that eliminates a 365-day athletic ineligibility period for transfer...
Commissioners tighten purse strings as fiscal year enters its final quarter
Commissioners say no to bailing out adult daycare and raises for landfill staff
Alamance County’s commissioners kept a rather firm grip on the public purse...
Two attorneys in Graham fighting over who gets to keep $28K fee
Two attorneys in downtown Graham are fighting over who should get to keep a $28,000 retainer fee that a client paid last year.
Now the...
Campaign for ‘veterans community’ falters with county commissioners
Idea that was originally portrayed as free could now cost county $6.5 million
A small army of veterans came up against some unexpected resistance this...
When is $2.00 per hour raise MORE than $2.00 per hour?
Graham mayor Jennifer Talley, joined by other council members during a meeting Thursday night, expressed irritation that a $2.00 per hour raised authorized by...
Graham city mgr. wants large increase in water/sewer rates – immediately
Officials say expensive upgrades needed at city's wastewater treatment plant
Graham residents could be facing a 52 percent increase in their monthly water and sewer...
What’s going on with all the clear-cutting behind Ashley Woods?
QUESTION: What’s going on with all the clear-cutting near the Ashley Woods subdivision in Elon? Is it true the developer for Owen Park subdivision,...
Burlington city council ups interim manager’s spending hikes to $3.6 million
Special allocation for road paving increase doubled, to $1.2 million
A projected surplus of about $4 million has sent Burlington’s leaders scrambling to spend this...
ACC Van Winkle
Readers of this newspaper may wonder if they fell asleep recently like Rip Van Winkle of old – or, perhaps, whether ACC officials did.
In...
(Another) spending frenzy in Burlington
There’s an old adage that “A fool and his money are soon parted.”
Apparently, an even faster separation can occur when government officials have the...
