Monthly Archives: May 2023

Burlington's planning and zoning commission gave a unanimous thumbs up to a developer's proposal to rezone a famous, historic mill building into 90 apartments. The Aurora Cotton Mills, built in 1906 and more recently operated as Pickett Hosiery, would be transformed into 61 one-bedroom/one bath...

Alamance County property owners might as well get ready now to fork over more of their hard-earned money for higher county property taxes. County commissioners met this week with county manager Heidi York, who unveiled her spending and taxing plan last week – with a...

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Five players scored goals as Eastern Alamance rolled to a 6-0 victory against visiting Carrboro in the third round of the Class 3-A state playoffs in girls’ soccer Monday night. The top-seeded Eagles received two goals from Abby Brinker,...

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Game 1 of the Class 3-A East Regional finals turned out just about perfect for Western Alamance’s softball team. Despite a first-inning hiccup, the Warriors were pretty much in control throughout Tuesday night’s 5-0 victory against visiting South Johnston...

City manager Craig Honeycutt has elevated assistant police chief Alan Balog to be the city's next police chief, succeeding Brian Long, who is scheduled to retire in June. Balog and Long will work together over the next month during the leadership transition, Honeycutt said. Balog...

Cummings girls return to the podium for first time since 2019 By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Cummings returned to the top in Class 2-A girls’ track and field by winning the team state championship behind a huge day-long performance from freshman D’Anna Cotton. The Cavaliers...

 Warriors' pitching ace, slugger delivers in big ways By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News SHE LOVES THE PRESSURE:  “I love it all being on my shoulders, I guess you could say. I like the pressure. It’s kind of like all on you, but I love...

The Burlington School needed to win five games in two weeks, juggling pitching and facing stout competition. By Saturday night, it pretty much turned out just like the Spartans mapped it. TBS repeated as the Class 2-A state champion in the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic...

If you haven’t been following it, or you need to catch up on the latest, this story should help you understand the concept and ramifications of property revaluation Since its implementation in January, Alamance County’s latest property tax revaluation has spawned almost as many zany...

Well, we admit, we are absolutely flabbergasted. Alamance County manager Heidi York unveiled her first county budget this week.  (She started with the county just last July.)  And she proposes a whopping 6.7 percent hike in the property tax rate above and beyond the much-discussed...