Monthly Archives: April 2024
Elon ends spring football work upbeat, pleased with progress
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Aided by a seasoned roster at many positions, the spring practice period for the Elon football team turned...
ABSS teacher turnover rate up, but lower than state average
The latest annual “State of the Teaching Profession in North Carolina” report shows 145 out of 1,494 teachers (or about 9.7 percent) employed with...
Business group wants city to add social drinking district for downtown
Mebane’s city council was urged this week to pursue a social drinking district – joining Elon and Burlington as county municipalities with such districts.
Barbara...
Graham council wants cost estimates for Sesquicentennial Park repairs, relocation
Graham’s city council continued its discussion this week on whether to repair or raze the Sesquicentennial Park on the northwest corner of Court Square.
The...
Elon council enlarges downtown ‘social district’ amid boasts it has uncorked new local trend
There were no clinking glasses or celebratory sips of champagne in Elon’s municipal building this week as the town marked the first full year...
Interim supt. proposes 28% spending increase (+$15M) for ABSS from county funds
The Alamance-Burlington school system’s draft county budget request for the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1 tops $68 million – which, if adopted,...
Bulldogs nip Orange with late-inning defense, scoring
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Williams center fielder Aiden Pulliam made a diving catch in the top of the seventh inning to keep...
Elon schedules hearings on fire tax, annexation of town-owned land
Elon’s town council has agreed to hold two public hearings later this month that may seem, at first blush, to offer little to whet...
Southeast produces shocker, beats rival Southern in baseball
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Southeast Alamance put aside any frustrations from baseball results during past weeks, and the timing couldn’t have been...
Warren “Kent” Davis
Warren “Kent” Davis, of Burlington, passed away unexpectedly on May 8, 2023. Born September 5, 1979, in Robeson County. Kent was the son of...
