Monthly Archives: June 2025
Graham budget with 2-cent tax increase approved, 4-1
$22.7M budget with 5 new employees, 3 percent COLA
Graham’s city council acted this week to approve the budget recommended by city manager Megan Garner...
Bureaucratic ambush in Gibsonville
Among the most offensive of local budgets this year has to be that put together in Gibsonville by town manager Ben Baxley.
We thought his...
Trust the county government staff? Surely you jest
Surely one of the most laughable assertions during this week’s budget confabs among commissioners and county staff was the repeated admonition to “trust the...
How many times must the voters say ‘no’?
We remain perplexed that some county commissioners and other advocates continue to believe that Alamance County residents are gullible enough to support a sales...
Former Cummings coach David Grimm will join Hessenthaler at Orange
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
David Grimm didn’t have time to allow the frustration of his sudden firing as the Cummings football coach...
Local governments 6, residents 0
We must confess to being mildly surprised that local municipal residents still appear to be so complacent toward the constant growth of local governments.
Six...
Western senior was part of not just one, but two state championship teams
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Mia Napier had aspirations of being part of a state championship team at Western Alamance.
Then in a matter...
Southern High teacher/coach arrested on sex-related charges
Graham police have arrested a veteran Southern High School teacher and coach who is charged with two sex-related crimes: felony taking indecent liberties with...
Cummings players perplexed by coach’s firing, ready to move forward
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Football players at Cummings were stunned by a late-May coaching change that came less than three months prior...
AN ALAMANCE NEWS EXCLUSIVE: EXTENSIVE COUNTY BUDGET COVERAGE
The county commissioners held a three-hour public hearing Monday night that attracted hundreds of residents to the Alamance County Historic Court House. Almost four...
