Monthly Archives: March 2023
Planning board OKs rezoning near former Rainey Hospital
Planning board members were more receptive Monday night to a smaller project, also classified as high-density but with only five lots, along Bowman Avenue...
Burlington planning board turns thumbs-down to high density development on north side of city
Burlington's planning board was almost as unhappy with a developer's plans for a high-density development off Lakeside Avenue on the northern side of the...
General Assembly’s override of Governor’s pistol permit repeal means change in law takes effect immediately
With today's House of Representatives override of Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of proposed legislation repealing authority for sheriffs in North Carolina to issue pistol...
Maybe MLK was wrong: are people still to be judged by skin color?
Apparently Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was wrong when he said in his famous “I have a dream” speech of 1963: “I have a...
Beneath the rhetoric, the substance isn’t very flattering for ABSS
Aside from the unnecessarily caustic approach that school board member Patsy Simpson took toward county commissioner Bill Lashley this week (see separate editorial in...
Not a good finale to Patsy’s service
Well, it was just a couple of weeks ago when we expressed admiration on this page for school board member Patsy Simpson for her...
No higher taxes, or slush funds, for fire districts
One of the lesser-known dimensions of a property revaluation year is that, in addition to revised property tax rates for the county (to be...
Legal Notices, Thursday, March 30, 2023
Haw River Police Unclaimed Property Notice
The Haw River Police Department has in its physical possession found, seized and unclaimed personal property described below. If...
Burlington police shut down two more sweepstakes cafés
Burlington’s police department has pulled the plug on two suspected sweepstakes cafés that were operating in apparent violation of the state’s anti-gambling laws.
These two...
Elon postpones (until next week) decision to join Burlington’s bus system
Elon’s town council has pumped the brakes ever so slightly on a plan that would put this small college town on the itinerary of...
