Monthly Archives: June 2024
Graham council to consider how to spend $600K downtown grant
Graham’s city council will resume consideration next week on how to allocate funds from a $600,000 “downtown enhancement grant” that the city has received...
Frittering away tax dollars without any public input
Leave it to politicians to fritter away money – whether tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions – and, in some cases, to...
Burlington city council agrees to $150K contract to hire co. to manage new pickleball courts
Burlington’s municipal staff seems to have cleared the net in its latest move to develop a pickleball program that would the envy of cities...
Sheriff faces federal lawsuit over pay policies for jailers
A federal lawsuit over pay periods and work schedules has become a persistent blot on the calendar of Alamance County’s sheriff.
Sheriff Terry Johnson has...
Burlington’s police chief trumpets his agency’s improved, low vacancy rate
The uniform might’ve been “blue,” but the mood was anything but, when Burlington’s chief of police gave the city’s elected leaders an update on...
Harvey Clay Hemric, Jr.
Harvey Clay Hemric, Jr. passed from this world on Sunday, June 2, 2024 at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro at age 78.
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Mebane city council turns down special zoning for new McDonald’s, 3-2
Mebane’s city council divided 3-2 Monday night in turning down a rezoning permit for a second McDonald’s, on the north side of the city.
The...
John Kirby showered with memories, laughs at Eastern retirement ceremony
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Community members and school officials gave countless thank-yous to ongoing Eastern Alamance football coach and athletics director John...
Wasn’t there a drive-thru at previous location of pharmacy?
QUESTION: Didn’t the building on the fourth outparcel at Oak Manor Market shopping center along North First Street in Mebane have a drive-thru, for...
Sex offender from Roxboro arrested for abusing area kids
A registered sex offender from Roxboro has been arrested after he allegedly had inappropriate contact with children in Burlington whom he had met over...
