Monthly Archives: September 2024
Mebane city council to resume discussion on new dog ordinance
Incidents in Fair Oaks subdivision are impetus for new proposal
Mebane’s city council is expected to resume discussion Monday night on a potential new dog...
Elon comes up with highlight plays to defeat N.C. Central
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Jesse Powell II returned an interception for a touchdown as part of Elon’s strong defensive performance in Saturday...
Southeast, Cummings, Southern, & Western roll; Williams holds on for win; Eastern, Graham loses
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Amarion Richmond scored the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter and visiting Williams pulled out a 35-32 victory...
Margaret Allen Loy
Margaret Allen Loy, 97, of Graham, NC passed away at AuthoraCare Hospice Home on Sunday, September 8, 2024.
Mrs. Loy was born March 30, 1927...
M.E. “Mack” Lackey
M. E. “Mack” Lackey, 88, of Burlington, NC passed away at AuthoraCare Hospice Home on Friday, September 6, 2024 at 6:19 a.m.
A native of...
County commissioners: No interest in planning board idea of increasing minimum lot sizes across county
No commissioner agreed with planning board proposal for doubling minimum lot size in unincorporated areas of county
A plan to increase residential lot sizes in...
Commissioners grant more money for sheriff’s hiring incentives
Alamance County’s commissioners did nothing to resist, obstruct, or delay the sheriff this week when he approached them for continued permission to give out...
Former Mebane man to remain in prison after appeals court rejects claim that indictment was flawed by typo
Lawsuit: typo of "house" instead of "hours" was basis of appeal
A former Mebane resident will remain in state prison after the state’s second-highest court...
ABSS schools make slight improvements in academic performance during 2023-24
Nineteen of the 36 Alamance-Burlington schools received a School Performance Grade of C or better for the 2023-24 school year, based on annual testing...
Newest state ‘grades’: 16 ABSS schools ‘continually low- performing’
Annual academic performance data released Wednesday by the state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) reveals that 16 Alamance-Burlington schools – or 43 percent of...
