Monthly Archives: May 2024
Defending state champ Eagles pick up pace as state soccer playoffs begin
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Eastern Alamance’s girls’ soccer team picked an ideal time to produce one of its best halves of the...
Man from High Point fatally struck by train in Burlington
A man from High Point was fatally struck by a train Monday while he was walking along a stretch of railway that passes through...
Legal Notices, Thursday, May 16, 2024
Public Notice
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA-Part B, Public Law 108.446) Project is presently being amended. The Project describes the special education programs...
ABSS: More mediocrity, guaranteed
Well, we see that the current members of the Alamance-Burlington school board are just as committed to mediocrity as their predecessors had been.
The first...
Just how gullible does Burlington’s council think Burlington voters are?
Burlington voters must be collectively scratching their heads, wondering just how gullible Burlington’s city council thinks they are.
The council seems to be plowing ahead...
Spring football workouts begin with three new coaches
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
It’s partly about gaining familiarity for members of Eastern Alamance and Southern Alamance football teams as they go...
Western Alamance girls land top seed for soccer states
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
It’s largely about home games, short trips, and familiar opponents for several Alamance County teams in the girls’...
Burlington council postpones vote on rezoning request amid row over fate of historically-black business area
A seemingly innocuous rezoning request set off a passionate debate in Burlington this week, as boosters of one historically black neighborhood seized on this...
MEBANE PROPOSED BUDGET: Water, sewer rates up 10 percent; property taxes the same
Mebane’s city council got its first glimpse Monday night of the city’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which if adopted, would increase...
BURLINGTON PROPOSED BUDGET: Water, sewer rates up 5 percent; property taxes remain same
Mayor wants some other spending requests included
Burlington’s city manager has unveiled a proposed annual budget that calls for millions of dollars in added expenditures;...
