Monthly Archives: January 2023
Mebane council recommends commissioners appoint retired businessman David Scott to city’s planning board
Mebane's city council voted unanimously Monday night to recommend to the county commissioners that the commissioners appoint David Scott as an extraterritorial member of...
School board, commissioners, state senator discuss education spending, priorities, wish lists
“What I need is more money."
– ABSS Supt. Dr. Dain Butler
An annual get-together between the Alamance-Burlington school board and Alamance County’s commissioners ended in...
Mebane eyes 2023 improvements to stretch of Clay Street
Mebane is about to embark on a series of construction projects that could cause some disruptions along Clay Street, a main artery through downtown...
City seeks funds to ameliorate flooding around May’s Lake
Burlington’s city council has given the city’s municipal staff the all-clear to pursue a federal grant to study ways to avert flooding and erosion...
Is First United Christian Church of Christ selling its stained glass windows?
QUESTION: Has the First United Christian Church of Christ in downtown Burlington started selling off stained glass windows in advance of a sale of...
Did Dentzel Carousel break down on its first day back in action?
QUESTION: Did Burlington’s newly-refurbished Dentzel Carousel stop working last month on the very evening of its grand reintroduction to City Park? Weren’t the carousel’s...
After Burlington OKs incentives package, county commissioners will be asked later in Jan. to provide $630K for Alamance Foods expansion
Aside from the subsidies which Burlington’s city council signed off on this week, Alamance Foods has also secured a state-level job investment grant for...
Burlington couple loses appeal at N.C. Court of Appeals against city over taken alleyway
The state’s second-highest court has rejected an appeal by a couple in Burlington who sued the city in 2021 for using an alleyway they...
Alamance legislative delegation sworn in Thurs. morning in Graham by chief justice of state supreme court
Members of Alamance County's legislative delegation, elected or re-elected in November, were sworn into office Thursday morning in the Historic Court House in downtown...
Williams girls best Western in double overtime squeaker Fri. night
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
As girls’ basketball teams from Western Alamance and Williams tried to gain separation on each other, there were...
