Monthly Archives: April 2023

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Cummings won a baseball game for the first time in more than seven years this week and Graham ended up with something as well. Neither team had won a game this season, but that changed by the end of...

As a prelude to the county’s next annual budget, Alamance County’s commissioners have signed off on a new capital improvement plan that lays out the county’s facilities-related priorities for the fiscal year that begins in July. Included in this plan, which the commissioners unanimously adopted...

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Western Alamance hasn’t just eased to the top spot in Central 3-A Conference softball. The Warriors have taken it by storm, with the most convincing evidence on display Thursday night. Western wiped out host Eastern Alamance 14-0 in a game...

Ellen Griffin will be inducted posthumously into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame on Friday night at Raleigh Convention Center. There’s a connection to Alamance County. Griffin, who became renowned as a golf instructor, is buried in Snow Camp on the grounds of Cane Creek...

The Alamance-Burlington school system has announced the nominees and seven finalists for the 2022-23 Teacher of the Year, the winner of which will be announced next Thursday night during a ceremony at Southern High School. ABSS will also honor 18 high school students who have...

Residents in a largely-rural community on the edge of Elon continued to express their concerns about a new, 129-home development being proposed on 32 acres in the midst of their quiet neighborhood. Elon’s town council recently finalized plans for GreenHawk’s Parc Northwest, a large development...

Mebane resident Ed Priola is announcing his plans to run as a Republican for one of the three seats on Alamance County’s board of commissioners that will be up for grabs in 2024. A long-time advocate of conservative causes, who traces his political involvement back...

Burlington’s elected leaders have decided to go for a hat trick, of sorts, as the city prepares to introduce artificial ground cover to the athletic fields at one of its more popular municipal parks. Rather than start cautiously with one or two fields, the council...

NOTICE OF LEGISLATIVE HEARING Please take notice that the Alamance County Board of County Commissioners will hold legislative hearings on Monday, May 1st, 2023, at 9:30 AM to consider recommendations by the Alamance County Planning Board to the Unified Development Ordinance: 1. Article 8 Appendix A-...

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Eastern Alamance cranked up its production and efficiency in the second half in its most important game of the season to date in Central 3-A Conference girls’ soccer Wednesday night. The result was familiar with a 2-0 victory against...