Monthly Archives: May 2025
Graham city council to consider bids for Sesquicentennial Park
Graham’s city council is slated to consider a range of options on Tuesday from two contractors that have submitted bids to rebuild Sesquicentennial Park.
The...
County commissioner targets staff training in ongoing crusade against ‘social justice’
A proposal to defund the county’s libraries wasn’t the only surprise that one member of Alamance County’s governing board sprung on his colleagues during...
An interview with the art teacher, and artist, who is ABSS teacher of the year
Southeast High School art teacher Windy Lampson has been selected as the Alamance-Burlington school sys-tem’s 2025 Teacher of the Year.
A native of Goldsboro and...
THE PUBLIC ASKS: Was county health official fired for breaking the law?
QUESTION: Has one of the top-paid officials at Alamance County’s health department been fired from her position due to some legal violation?
ANSWER: The county’s...
Fire dept. says ‘gracias’ to heroic residents
The top brass at Burlington’s fire department were grateful enough to three area residents for their life-saving intervention that they made a point of...
BREAKING WED. NIGHT: Juvenile dead from apparent accidental discharge of firearm in Mebane
A juvenile in Mebane is dead after what police believe to be an accidental discharge of a firearm in his car on Wednesday night.
Mebane...
Will classified workers be required to drive a bus?
QUESTION: Is it true that the Alamance-Burlington school system is going to adopt a policy that requires teacher’s assistants and cafeteria workers to drive...
Sheriff reports jail, deputy staffing better; $10,000 signing bonuses have helped
Alamance County’s sheriff had both good news and bad news to report to the county’s board of commissioners when he presented them with a...
Mebane mgr. outlines budget; tax rate steady; water, sewer rates up 10%
Mebane’s new city manager unveiled his first budget to the city council Monday night.
Under broad council pressure not to increase the property tax rate...
BREAKING TUES. NIGHT: ABSS teacher of the year named
Windy Lampson, a visual arts and pottery teacher at Southeast Alamance High School, has been selected as the school system's teacher of the year.
Lampson...
