Monthly Archives: July 2022

In unrelated analysis, DOT also says crosswalk in front on monument may need to be reconfigured The past couple of weeks seem to have exposed a few chinks in the fence that surrounds the Confederate monument at the main entrance to Alamance County’s Historic Court...

The Transplant Games of America may not have the prestige of the Olympics, the rigor of the New York Marathon, or the global viewership of the World Cup. But these biennial gatherings are second to none in their inspirational moments – with more stories of...

Several of Western Alamance High School’s Top 10 graduates in the Class of 2022 may see some familiar faces when they head off to college this fall. Out of those who ranked in the Top 10 for their graduating class this year, three will be...

Alamance-Burlington school board members have voted 5-2 to use fund balance (i.e., “rainy-day” savings) for several of their spending priorities that they weren’t able to fund with the $50.9 million that Alamance County ‘s commissioners have agreed to allocate to ABSS for the fiscal...

QUESTION: Is Alamance County’s coronavirus case count distorted by tests conducted by LabCorp on samples that are shipped in from outside the county. ANSWER: It seems that inflation is wreaking havoc on just about everything these days. But one thing that may not be “inflated,”...

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The public will take notice that the City Council of the City of Mebane will hold public hearings in the Council Chambers of the Glendel Stephenson Municipal Building located at 106 E. Washington Street, Mebane, NC 27302, on Monday, July 11,...

An unidentified 50-year-old woman was picked up at the County Ford dealership at 105 Auto Park Drive in Graham and transported to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after she held a gun to her head and threatened to harm herself. The woman, who Graham police department...

A Burlington man who was a bystander involved in a fatal crash along N.C. Highway 54 in Graham in March of this year is suing the deceased driver’s estate and two other defendants for injuries he claims to have sustained. Carlos Ernesto Cuellar of Burlington...

Burlington’s planning and zoning commission has given its unanimous nod to a group of new townhomes that would fill a small gap in the development along Cleveland Avenue.The commission’s members formally endorsed a request for high density residential zoning on Monday that would enable...

Mebane’s city council will consider whether to rezone for a 185-foot high cell tower just off I-85/40 near Trollingwood-Hawfields Road at its Monday night meeting next week. The tower itself is 175 feet tall, with a 10-foot lightning rod on top. Based on where it...