Monthly Archives: June 2022
School board agrees to remove athletic trainers, media assistants from county budget request; looks to county to make up $522K funding gap for hiring SROs
Alamance-Burlington school board members couldn’t fully agree among themselves Tuesday on what items should be eliminated from their original county budget request in order...
ABSS teachers generally happy to teach here
Academic impact of Covid shutdown very obvious to teachers: students are behind where they should be
A majority of Alamance-Burlington school system teachers say their...
Mebane city council OKs fourth round of incentives for Belgian cookie maker
Company officials with Lotus Bakeries – makers of the famous Biscoff cookies served on many airlines – went before Mebane’s city council this week,...
Samet suing Burlington architect and Jacksonville subcontractor over subpar work on construction of Park Place at Elon
Greensboro-based Samet Corporation is suing a subcontractor and architecture company that were hired to work on a mixed-use development in Elon, Park Place at...
Graham developer suing tenant over unpaid rent and renovation costs
Graham-based Carolina Property Holdings of NC is suing a tenant for allegedly failing to pay $3,000 in monthly rent and costs to upfit the...
Mebane city council OKs 436-home subdivision
Increasingly busy area of NC 119 south of I-85/40, near industrial park & new high school, drew traffic concerns
Months of tedious and conciliatory work...
Burlington city council ponders how to spend $10.5 million surplus
An unexpected surplus in Burlington’s current annual budget has posed what may seem like a rather enviable dilemma for the city’s elected officials.
During a...
National center recognizes heroics of two local deputies
Two of Alamance County’s finest have been hailed as bona fide “heroes” for their part in the recovery of a 14-year-old girl who was...
Haw River town council members adopt budget that gives themselves pay raise
Haw River’s town council voted this week to give itself a 5 percent pay raise, as part of a $4.7 million budget that the...
Police seek suspect in nightclub shooting
Traffic stop in Graham nets one shooting victim, other suspects
Police in Burlington are looking for a Gibsonville man who allegedly shot two individuals during...
