Monthly Archives: September 2026
Alamance News honored with top state writing, reporting awards
The Alamance News was honored Thursday night with some of the state press associa-tion’s top writing and reporting awards for news coverage during 2025.
At...
ABSS considers selling off Sellars-Gunn as surplus property
Alamance-Burlington school officials outlined possible plans for declaring the former Sellars-Gunn Education Center along Apple Street in Burlington as surplus property, citing mounting expenses...
Staff instructed by city council to draft new ordinance allowing backyard chickens
Burlington’s city council has given the city’s planning staff free range to develop a new policy that would enable the city’s residents to keep...
WEEK FIVE PREVIEW: Area teams with nice records face road tests
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Three area football teams without a league loss are set to play Mid-Carolina Conference road games.
Here’s a look...
Carey Patterson Montague
June 10, 1936 – September 14, 2026
“I will sing to the Lord, for He has been good to me.”
Psalm 13:6
Carey Patterson Montague, 90, passed...
Flock cameras: Burlington, Graham police chiefs see law enforcement benefits
The police chiefs in Burlington and Graham are holding firm in their use of an AI-enabled technology that has been alternately hailed as breakthrough...
Other areas in N.C. have had second thoughts, decided to remove Flock cameras
Despite the high praise that many law enforcement officials have for Flock Safety’s technology, a growing number of agencies across North Carolina have ended,...
Some local residents express concerns about Flock camera use
The proliferation of Flock cameras in some parts of the county has elicited scowls, rather than smiles, from some people who’ve passed in front...
New plan in Mebane: 120 apartments instead of 51 townhouses on S. 11th Street
Mebane’s planning board has agreed to recommend rezoning for 120 apartments to take the place of a previous rezoning plan approved five years ago...
New drive-thru coffee shop in Mebane gets city’s planning board approval
Mebane’s planning board gave its imprimatur of support to a proposed rezoning of a small portion of a parcel off Wilson Road, across from...
