Monthly Archives: August 2023
Mebane’s Racial Equity committee criticizes city council over not (yet) agreeing to join national racial equity group
Members of Mebane’s Racial Equity Advisory Committee spent half of their meeting Tuesday night castigating members of the city council for not having readily...
Legal Notices, Thursday, August 17, 2023
Village of Alamance Board of Alderman:
Public Hearing
The Board of Alderman for the Village of Alamance will hold a public hearing on August 28, 2023,...
Elon QB adjusts to heightened role on Phoenix team
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Will Lankford has been getting plenty of chances with the Elon football team as the Phoenix sorts out...
UPDATE: Mold removal work at Andrews Elementary now complete; school board votes for contract to remove mold at Newlin Elementary
Alamance-Burlington school board members have approved a second contract of $495,000 with the Sasser Companies of Whitsett to remove mold contamination recently discovered at...
Burlington city council formalizes policy to allow special district for outdoor drinking on Fridays and Saturdays
Burlington’s city council has given a hearty “bottoms up” to the creation of a new zone within Burlington’s downtown business district where the patrons...
Dairy Queen could be coming to Graham
We’re in the thick of summer’s swelter now, but blizzards could soon be in the forecast for Graham.
The former PNC Bank property at 832...
Williams Bulldogs win dramatic opener; Eastern, Southern, Cummings roll in first week games
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Williams quarterback Dan Mahan scored on a 12-yard run with 2:08 remaining to lift the visiting Bulldogs to...
Football Kickoff Friday Night: an overview of first week’s games – PLUS excerpts on each Alamance County team
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Here’s a look at Friday night’s season-opening games for Alamance County football teams:
Graham at Southern Alamance, 7:00 p.m.
Southern...
But some bad ideas are “free” – or at least don’t involve consultants
As for the category of bad ideas that didn’t come from a consultant, we have to give the grand prize to Graham’s police chief...
Killing downtown Burlington – again
One would hope that cities and city councils would learn a few lessons from the past.
But, alas, it seems that Burlington’s city officials and...
