Monthly Archives: June 2025
NFL player with Eastern Alamance ties holds youth camp
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
It was a bit of a special occasion for Kingsley Jonathan when the NFL player held a football...
Revised downtown Kingsdown project expected on July 14 planning board agenda
Meanwhile, the city’s planning board is expected to review a revised site plan for the long-dormant former Kingsdown mattress factory site in downtown Mebane...
Review of site plan for R+L truck terminal almost complete
Devotees of the former Buckhorn Jockey Lot flea market have expressed irritation over its forced closure in the summer 2024 to make way for...
Familiar face will retake the reins of football program at Eastern
One-year tenure of Mitch Mitchener ended last week
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
A familiar face will be back at Eastern Alamance this fall.
John...
Sen. Thom Tillis needs to work to curtail, not expand, Medicaid
We continue to be puzzled by the actions and statements of Sen. Thom Tillis, now in the thick of discussions and debate about the...
OK, school system, you got the money; now what will you do with it?
School officials are always claiming that if they just had more money, oh the good things they could do.
Well, they largely got what they’ve...
Commissioners, school board reach tentative agreement on funding dispute
An impending battle over Alamance County’s allocation to the local school system appeared to end before it even began with a tentative agreement on...
Approval with no votes? Huh?
We’ve acknowledged many times that this newspaper’s publisher is not an attorney and the newspaper is not a law firm, but basic common sense...
After joint meeting with commissioners, ABSS atty. says school board needs no further action
During the Alamance-Burlington school board’s meeting Monday night, chairman Sandy Ellington-Graves asked the attorney “to clarify for us in regards to the agreement we...
Elon town council authorizes $3M purchase of LabCorp property
New police station, town hall envisioned for Orange Drive property
Elon’s town council has instructed the town’s staff to offer $3 million to the Laboratory...
