Monthly Archives: April 2023
Fire department puts out smoldering fire under Amtrak train car at Burlington depot Wed. afternoon
The Burlington Fire Department responded to a possible passenger train fire Wednesday afternoon; a smoldering fire under one of the passenger cars was promptly...
Wanted: 3 high school basketball coaches
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
There are at least three openings for boys’ basketball coaches in Alamance County.
Eastern Alamance and Southern Alamance have...
Texas developer plans to dismantle pre-Civil War dam in Ossipee
From time immemorial, the small town of Ossipee has been home to an old granite dam that has held back the ebullient waters of...
Williams nabs baseball shutout on Senior Night
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
The Williams baseball team secured just what it needed Tuesday night.
Behind 12 strikeouts from pitcher Tate Jones, the...
Burlington shooting suspect captured in Raleigh
A man wanted for a non-fatal shooting in Burlington was apprehended in Wake County earlier this week.
On Tuesday afternoon, Burlington’s police department announced that...
School board member Patsy Simpson resigns (a month earlier than planned)
The beginning of Monday night’s Alamance-Burlington school board meeting took an unexpected turn when school board chairman Sandy Ellington-Graves read a letter from longtime...
Eight county youth compete at Livestock Show
The 77th annual Central Piedmont Junior Livestock Show and Sale was held recently in Hillsborough. This is the 35th year the show was held...
Elon proposes fire district tax rate higher than “revenue neutral,” even higher than a “plus inflation” rate
We’ve been concerned that municipalities and other government officials have been laying in wait, planning and plotting all sorts of methodologies to circumvent efforts...
DOT condemns property at NC 49 & East Harden Street for intersection improvements
The North Carolina Department of Transportation has finalized condemnation proceedings on two more pieces of property near the intersection of N.C. Highway 54 (East...
Millions for Astroturf?
Sometimes we just shake our head in disbelief over the priority that local officials and elected leaders place on issues that we regard as...
