Monthly Archives: February 2024
Coaching change comes for Western boys
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Michael Graves is out as boys’ basketball coach at Western Alamance in a late-season move that apparently stemmed...
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Close scrutiny reveals unexpected implications of county’s numbers
Fully half of projected budget shortfall is due to higher salaries, more employees
Alamance County’s commissioners were walloped by some rather imposing numbers this week...
Quincie Loy earns Girl Scout Gold Award
Quincie Loy of Mebane has earned her Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest achievement a Girl Scout can earn.
Loy, a member of Girl Scout...
15.5% property tax hike being urged by county officials
Alamance County’s commissioners were urged to move the goalposts this week as they reviewed their traditional approach to taxation at a yearly budget “retreat”...
AMONG BIG TICKET ITEMS: Courthouse expansion, new EMS station, higher salaries, buying diversion center
During the daylong commissioners’ meeting, Rebecca Crawford, the county’s budget director Crawford attributed about $8.4 million of next year’s anticipated deficit to increases in...
ABSS’ shameful propaganda, disinformation campaign
The Music Man was a rather famous 1950’s era musical, which stars as the main character a so-called professor, Harold Hill, an organizer of...
Heidi in Wonderland takes the commissioners down the rabbit hole
UNBELIEVABLE!
We believe that this will be the reaction of Alamance County residents when they learn that county administrators, with a sympathetic and largely passive...
Betty Earp Thomas
Betty Earp Thomas passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, ending a life full of love for family and friends and a joy...
