Monthly Archives: February 2025
BREAKING WED. NIGHT: Dark, Roberts help Tar Heels tame Elon
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Eastern Alamance alum Kenna Raye Dark didn’t allow an earned run in North Carolina’s 13-2 non-conference softball victory...
Time to get rid of LOCAL sales tax on food
Speaking of sales taxes, the General Assembly needs to revisit the sales tax on food.
Oh, yes, there continues to be a tax on food,...
Last (local) team standing: Southeast boys reach second round of playoffs
Clover Garden, Eastern, Southern, Western, Williams fall Tues. night
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Southeast Alamance had the only boys’ basketball team from Alamance...
No, not ANOTHER sales tax referendum
We guess we’ll chalk it up to her youth and inexperience, but newly-appointed county commissioner Kelly Allen showed far too much enthusiasm for having...
James Stephen “Steve” Lynch
On February 24, 2025, our beloved James Stephen “Steve” Lynch, aged 75, transitioned peacefully from this world, leaving behind a legacy that will be...
ABSS budget figures: Eye-popping. Astronomical. Unbelievable. Choose your adjective. And totally unreasonable.
Nearby we have a reader’s comment questioning the newspaper’s objectivity in our lead news story from two weeks ago of having described ABSS’ preliminary...
School board choice is obvious
The resignation of Chuck Marsh from the Alamance-Burlington school board will set in motion a process for selecting his replacement, to serve the remainder...
Barbara Constance Vaughan Montgomery Pattishall
Barbara Constance Vaughan Montgomery Pattishall, 90, of Burlington, NC passed away at her residence on Monday, February 24, 2025.
Born on December 11, 1934 in...
BREAKING MON. NIGHT: Chuck Marsh resigns school board seat
Alamance-Burlington school board member Chuck Marsh surprised his colleagues at Monday night's meeting by announcing his resignation from the board. In a letter to...
Southeast’s Judah Robinson places sixth in state wrestling tourney
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Judah Robinson of Southeast Alamance had the longest stay of any Alamance County wrestler in the high school...
