Monthly Archives: June 2026
Mebane city council scraps city manager’s proposed 2-cent property tax hike
Mebane's city council's overrode city manager Richard White's planned 2-cent tax increase, voting instead to continue the city's current tax rate of 37 cents...
Gibsonville passes budget
Gibsonville’s board of aldermen voted 5-0 Monday to night to adopt the town’s $19.1 million budget that includes no increase in the existing municipal...
Haw River town council adopts $9.5M budget with no tax increase
Haw River’s town council voted 5-0 Monday night to adopt a $9.5 million budget for 2026-27 that keeps the property tax rate at its...
The advantages of being a public sector employee
We often wonder when we’ll reach the tipping point where there aren’t enough private sector workers to finance the salaries and benefits of government...
Local government budget observations, assumptions, and favorite gimmicks
Some day, we’d love to be a “fly on the wall” at the conferences that local government officials go to, in order to confirm...
County manager’s duplicitious portrayal of property tax rates
The late U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-New York), who served for 24 years between 1977-2001, was an entertaining politician with a wide variety...
Speakers divided between tax rate supporters wanting to provide more funding for ABSS vs. those saying property taxes shouldn’t be raised (again) this year
Alamance County's commissioners held an hour and a half public hearing Monday night, with area residents weighing in for and against the county manager's...
Legal Notices, Thursday, June 4, 2026
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Graham, NC will hold a public hearing in the...
Softball player Hessenthaler receives major Elon award
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Southern Alamance alum Greta Hessenthaler received one of the major awards during Elon University’s athletics banquet last month.
Hessenthaler,...
Mebane’s Zack Littell picks up five straight victories for Nationals
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Pitcher Zack Littell of Mebane had a marvelous May for the Washington Nationals.
Littell went 5-0 in six outings,...
