Monthly Archives: December 2024
School board OKs $240K in contracts for enrollment study and maintenance work
Alamance-Burlington school board members voted during their latest meeting to approve several maintenance contracts, as well as a proposal that drew one dissenting voter...
Despite surplus in revenues, county sees “unassigned” savings plummet
A drop in Alamance County’s readily usable savings has put a bit of a damper on an otherwise upbeat report from the independent auditor...
Southeast boys beat Eastern after brawl in 4th quarter
Two players, one from each team, ejected after melee
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Davian Edwards scored 24 points and Southeast Alamance defeated host...
Greensboro law firm joins battle over Alamance County gun range
The owner of an area gun range has continued to trade public potshots this week with a group of neighbors who’ve been at his...
Burlington’s centenarian golfer dies at age 103
Elmo Hatley, a Burlington man who played rounds of golf regularly after turning 100 years old, died last week at age 103.
Hatley was featured...
Tourney at Graham nixed for this year
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
The Don Amos Holiday Classic, a basketball tournament held at Graham for at least a quarter-century, has been...
Republican commissioners scuttle reappointment of unsuccessful Democratic commissioner candidate to planning board
A Democratic contender for Alamance County’s board of commissioners has been unceremoniously bumped from the county’s planning board despite the unanimous support of his...
Commissioners OK design contract for expansion of court building
Alamance County’s elected leaders have taken another step toward breaking ground on an expanded court building to meet the ever-expanding space needs of the...
Longtime ABSS principal promoted to Central Office position
Longtime Alamance-Burlington school system principal Dr. Julie Hancock Turner has been promoted to serve as the new executive director of elementary education for ABSS.
Turner...
Usually rivals, Western’s Newton and Williams’ Mahan will team up in Shrine Bowl
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
When Western Alamance’s James Newton found out he had been selected for the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas,...
