Monthly Archives: August 2025
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: Previous reports from same ABSS consultant have overestimated future growth by hundreds of students
A school system consultant says 3,000 more students will fill – and crowd – county’s schools by 2035; so which is it this time:...
Millions in roofing and HVAC projects at ABSS schools underway or nearing completion
The Alamance-Burlington school system’s chief operations officer, Greg Hook ticked off a long list of repair projects for ABSS schools, which he said are...
Tight ends draw scouts’ attention at Southeast, Williams
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
College coaches find various prospects on football teams in Alamance County.
Recruiters might be making visits this year with...
Commissioners to consider buying former bank building, historic 1878 home, to become future home for county’s tourism bureau
Alamance County may be about to acquire a storied Victorian abode that most recently served as a Bank of America branch in order to...
Why did Burlington police officer have wreck en route to emergency?
QUESTION: What caused a Burlington police officer to crash into another vehicle while he was on duty two Saturdays ago?
ANSWER: Officer Caleb Harmon was...
Burlington’s planning board endorses expansion of subdivision near Mackintosh on the Lake
Burlington’s planning and zoning commission has endorsed a rezoning request that would allow developer Shawn Cummings to expand a residential subdivision which he already...
Western, Southeast capture road victories
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Jordan Hall scored two early touchdowns and Western Alamance pulled away for a 42-13 road victory against Southwest...
Beware consultant’s estimates of ABSS growth
There are several alleged authors of the sentiment that “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Like unto it is...
Graham sets public hearing on moving Sesquicentennial Park to nearby parking lot behind historical museum
A city-owned parking lot behind the Graham Historical Museum is apparently the key to the city’s latest proposal to relocate Sesquicentennial Park.
Since January, Graham’s...
State paid Ace Speedway $160K in settlement
A payment of $160,000 was apparently the fuel injection that powered a recent legal settlement between ACE Speedway and the North Carolina’s Department of...
