Monthly Archives: August 2023

Alamance-Burlington school board members deadlocked 3-3 twice Monday night over two separate motions to begin taking applications for the vacant seat created by the April 24 resignation of Pasty Simpson, who stepped down in order to move closer to her aging relatives in rural...

Alamance-Burlington school board members were upbraided Monday night for widespread mold contamination in ABSS facilities that community members and parents say has put the health of children and school employees at risk. Several speakers who addressed the board characterized the school system’s ongoing reports of...

It was a tale of two restauranteurs in Burlington on Monday as the city’s planning and zoning commission dealt two contrasting verdicts to a pair of rezoning requests that the owners of two eateries had proposed in different parts of the city. That night’s proceedings...

The Alamance News was a big winner in the North Carolina Press Association’s annual news, editorial and photojournalism awards contest, announced during the association’s 150th annual convention held last week in Raleigh. The newspaper was honored with one of the press association’s highest honors, second...

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Western Alamance alum Joshua Karty of Stanford is an Associated Press first-team preseason All-American. Karty is a fourth-year kicker for the Cardinal. He was a third-team AP All-American last year and a finalist for the Lou Groza Award as...

Read this week's comprehensive coverage about the latest on the mold situation in ABSS schools, including full reports on two joint meetings (Mon. & Wed.) between school board and county commissioners (and including one with state legislators also present), and the outrage of parents...

Alamance County chief district court judge Brad Allen, Sr. on Monday denied a Burlington woman’s request for a domestic violence protective order against a former paramour and former Graham fireman who she had claimed stalked and harassed her and her family after she tried...

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News All seven of the Alamance County high school football teams would be under home lights Friday night if not for a switch in locations in a game involving Cummings. Here’s a check on the games: Northern Guilford at Eastern...

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Elon heads into a new football season with another new quarterback and looking to break into new territory. The Phoenix plays Thursday night against Wake Forest in a bid to topple a team from college football’s top tier. “We’re a...

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News The results for Western Alamance’s boys’ soccer team haven’t been all that glowing, but Warriors coach Camden Brooks said there has been good growth in the first segment of the season. “Getting the guys ready for a long season,”...