Monthly Archives: May 2024
Kirby to be honored
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Eastern Alamance will hold a retirement celebration for longtime football coach and athletics director John Kirby at 2:00...
Memorial Day remembrance 2024 – held inside because of threatening weather
Menacing storm clouds ultimately forced local veterans and their supporters to take shelter indoors when they convened in downtown Graham on Monday for Alamance...
Testimony and closing arguments: markedly different interpretations
Prosecution: defendant was a cold-hearted 'merchant of death'
Defense: who can be certain which drug(s) killed victim?
After a six-day trial, it took jurors approximately 40...
Retiring A.D. nurtured BCA’s sports program from infancy
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
When Burlington Christian Academy ventured into scholastic athletics, the school didn’t have a high school. Piece by piece,...
County mgr. recommends 2¢, 4.6%, hike in property taxes to fund 2.8% spending increase
Alamance County’s manager has floated a new spending plan for the county that aims to “fortify” existing programs and services through measures that include...
Burlington city council resolves to proceed with bond referendum at price point $5M higher than previously portrayed
Burlington’s city council has taken the first step toward a two-part bond referendum that could raise as much as $68.5 million for various projects...
Trial in sheriff’s daughter’s alleged death by distribution case gets underway
The trial began this week in Alamance County superior court for Emily Jean Robinson, 43, white, female, of 7408 Bass Mountain Road, Snow Camp,...
Mebane, Graham lead municipal population growth in county between 2020 and 2023
The latest Census data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce last week shows that every municipality in Alamance County added residents between 2020...
Burlington OKs carwash along Rauhut Street
Despite some lingering opposition from neighbors, Burlington’s city council has approved a rezoning request that allows a vacant gas station along Rauhut Street to...
More spending, but steady tax rate, proposed for new Gibsonville town budget
Gibsonville town manager Ben Baxley has proposed a $15 million budget for the upcoming 2024-25 fiscal year, which, if adopted, would represent a 3.4...
