Monthly Archives: July 2022
Graham city council still unsettled on how to spend nearly $5M in Covid-19 relief funds from ARPA
Graham city council members reached a tentative consensus Friday night on how they want to start spending some of the $4.98 million that the...
How should Graham spend its windfall of federal dollars?
Graham city council members have met for four hours last week, trying to decide how they should designate projects to be paid with about...
“Whack-a-mole” in Elon
Sometimes with local governments and their elected officials – and the need to hold them to the state’s requirements for open government – we...
Planning board head survives former vice chairman’s failed revolt on 3-2 vote
For what seemed like the nth year in a row, local property manager Richard Parker has been selected by the members of Burlington’s planning...
Well, now it’s obvious – Officials: “we don’t care what you think”
Rarely does the public get such a close and first-hand look at the dismissive attitude some officials have toward the public they ostensibly serve.
But...
Planning board OKs change from medium to light industrial use on Anthony Rd.
Burlington’s planning and zoning commission ultimately devoted its shortest discussion on Monday to what proved to be the single-largest parcel which came up for...
Planning board OKs rezoning for additional location for Zack’s Hot Dogs
A zoning request that could allow Zack’s Hot Dogs to set up a second location has apparently cut the mustard with Burlington’s planning and...
Restoration of natural spring taps into park’s storied history
The restoration of old spring at Burlington’s Willowbrook Park has brought more than just fresh water bubbling up to the surface.
Over the past several...
19-year-old Durham man arrested on felony charges of soliciting an Alamance County minor (who turned out to be undercover sheriff’s deputies)
An undercover operation on social media by the Alamance County sheriff’s office has netted the arrest of a 19-year-old Durham man who had corresponded...
Work begins on new(est) 7-Eleven – just down the street from another one already under construction
It hasn't been long since a few months ago when the former drug store building at 2127 Chapel Hill Road in Burlington was demolished.
Now...
