Monthly Archives: September 2023
For Western’s Josh Long: If one interception for a touchdown was fun, two would be even better
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
When Western’s Josh Long returned an interception for a touchdown Friday night against Orange, it felt special.
So he...
Local, state regulators dismiss group’s claims about septic overflows near Swepsonville
The city of Burlington is apparently not the only local authority to have found itself in the crosshairs of the Haw River Assembly.
Earlier this...
Legal Notices, Thursday, September 21, 2023
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for Unincorporated Areas of Alamance County, North Carolina, and Case No. 23-04-2547P. The Department...
Nearly half of ABSS schools identified as low-performing
An apparent record number of Alamance-Burlington schools – 17, or 49 percent – have been identified the state Department of Public Instruction as “low-performing,”...
Sex offender back behind bars
A sharp reduction in his bond proved to be a rather short-lived “get out of jail free” card for one registered sex offender who...
THE PUBLIC ASKS: Do gift cards donated to ABSS schools by mold remediation vendor create a conflict of interest?
QUESTION: The company that has been awarded nearly $20 million in contracts to do mold remediation in Alamance-Burlington schools has since offered to donate...
Nurse wanted for embezzling opioids from Burlington Hospice
A hospice nurse from Greensboro has been accused of embezzling large quantities of an opioid-based pain killer from her employer in Alamance County.
Lindsay Story...
Western boys pounce on Williams’ red card misfortune in soccer clash
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
It looks brighter for Western Alamance’s boys’ soccer team the past couple of weeks.
Then it became even better...
Elon well on the way to becoming Pottersville
We don’t really know why Elon’s town council is so enamored with outdoor sidewalk drinking, but it seems they just can’t get enough of...
More (detailed) bad news about ABSS schools’ performance grades
In this edition, we have additional in-depth coverage about the performance grades given by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction to all public schools,...
