Monthly Archives: September 2023

Eastern loses first game of 2023 season, 36-35, on two-point conversion By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Williams took its first lead of the game on a two-point conversion with 1:29 remaining to knock off previously undefeated Eastern Alamance 36-35 on Friday night at Burlington...

Elon’s town council has bestowed its blessing on a new master plan for the future development of this municipality’s storied downtown. The council ultimately gave its unanimous nod to this plan on Monday, effectively supplanting an earlier vision for the downtown area that the town’s...

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News The pursuit of opposing quarterbacks has come at numerous levels for Elon’s defense. The Phoenix is looking for more of that in this week’s Coastal Athletic Association showdown. William & Mary, which is ranked No. 5 in the Football Championship...

Burlington’s city council held a brief emergency meeting on Friday in order to attend to a last-minute detail in the year-long process for Burlington to become a regional clearing house for federal affordable housing funds. During this five-minute meeting, the council formally agreed to return...

Alamance County local governments, the Burlington-Alamance Airport, the community college, the school system, eight rural fire departments, and a host of non-profit agencies all stand to benefit from more than $48 million allocated directly for Alamance County within the $30 billion state budget passed...

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Eastern Alamance and Williams meet Friday night in a football game after clashing in a pair of overtime games last year. That’s one of two games this week involving at least one Alamance County team with both squads with...

October 9 is deadline to apply for appointment Alamance-Burlington school board members have received five applications so far for the vacant seat previously occupied by former four-term school board member Patsy Simpson, who resigned on April 23, shortly before she moved to Virginia. During the public...

American National Bank has entered into a merger agreement with Atlantic Union Bank. American National Bank currently operates five locations in Alamance County: at 1240 Huffman Mill Road, 1840 Brookwood Avenue, and 3101 South Church Street in Burlington; at 842 South Main Street, Graham; and...

Burlington’s planning and zoning commission has endorsed a rezoning request that calls for a range of low-intensity commercial and institutional uses along an undeveloped stretch of South Church Street. This particular request concerns two largely vacant parcels along South Church Street that are situated not...

Alamance County’s planning department is about to get a new chief to replace its former director who left for greener pastures over the summer. According to Alamance County’s manager Heidi York, the county’s new planning director Matthew Hoagland will begin his new gig with the...