Monthly Archives: December 2023
Closure of Burlington aquatic center sends teams scrambling for practice, swim meet locations
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Five high school swimming teams have been in need of new home facilities after last week’s closing of...
School board reelects chairman, elects new vice chairman
Alamance-Burlington school board members voted 7-0 Monday night to reelect Sandy Ellington-Graves to a third, one-year term as the board’s chairman.
They also voted unanimously...
Mebane hires new fire chief who already lives in city, volunteers with fire dept.
The city of Mebane has hired John Wellons as the city’s new fire chief, succeeding veteran fire chief Robert “Bob” J. Louis, whose retirement...
Incumbents, commissioner challengers, judicial candidates first to file for 2024
Alamance County’s incumbent state legislative delegation – state senator Amy Galey, and state representatives Steve Ross and Dennis Riddell, all Republicans – were among...
Southeast boys notch first basketball victory
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Southeast Alamance secured the school’s first victory in a boys’ basketball game by defeating visiting Southern Alamance 68-52...
Two Alamance district court judges file for re-election in Raleigh
The only election activity on Tuesday, the second day of filing for 2024 elections, was that two incumbent district court judges – Kathryn Whitaker...
Amen to That: Dejuana Bigelow sworn in as first black woman Burlington city council member
Judge Larry Brown struck a resolutely spiritual tenor on Tuesday when he ascended the stage of Burlington’s Paramount Theater to swear in the city’s...
Long-time Mebane fire chief honored during council meeting as he retires
Mebane's long-time fire chief, who began his career with the department 30 years ago, was honored during Mebane's city council meeting Monday night as...
Burlington’s Gary Hicks makes softball a Hall of Fame activity
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Gary Hicks caught the softball fever as a teenager.
More than a half-century later, he’s still playing.
That longevity along...
Incumbents, commissioner challengers first to file for 2024
Alamance County's incumbent state legislative delegation – state senator Amy Galey, and state representatives Steve Ross and Dennis Riddell, all Republicans – were among...
