Monthly Archives: January 2023
Area men receive sports honors
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Former Turrentine Middle School teacher and coach Ron Davis and longtime Eastern Alamance football coach and athletic director...
Among cities & towns, Graham has highest increase in property values
Swepsonville, Haw River, Ossipee, & Mebane also above county's overall average
Some of Alamance County’s leaders were noticeably rattled last week when they learned that...
Coach Tim Krotish reaches 500 wins with Eastern girls
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Tim Krotish began coaching girls’ basketball almost three decades ago, and soon after he started, realized he just...
ABSS hires from within to replace retiring chief operations officer
The Alamance-Burlington school system has hired from within to replace one of its top-ranking administrators, chief operations officer Dr. Todd Thorpe, who recently announced...
Remedial lesson: new high school was to relieve overcrowding, not prolong it
We’re not sure where remedial education is needed more – among some members of the Alamance-Burlington school board or among some of the school...
Town of Elon will pick up tab for managing weekly Farmers’ Market
Elon’s town council has decided to hire a new, part-time staff member to oversee a farmers’ market that a local nonprofit group has operated,...
Town of Elon will join Link Transit bus system
Elon’s town council has tentatively agreed to let Burlington’s Link Transit bus system extend one of its routes into the smaller community’s borders.
During a...
Property values up 80%; commissioners pledge to support revenue neutral tax rate to offset
The head of Alamance County’s tax office has announced that the county’s tax base shot up by nearly 80 percent when he and his...
Elon town council philosophy: waste a little, waste a lot
Most people are familiar with the famous quote, usually attributed to Ben Franklin, that people should not be “pennywise and pound foolish,” which has...
Legal Notices, Thursday, January 26, 2023
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Please take notice that the Alamance County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on
February 20, 2023 at 6:30pm to...
