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New drive-thru coffee shop in Mebane gets city’s planning board approval

Business
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...

State Employees’ Credit Union begins conversion of Graham’s former BB&T bank building

Business
After years of on-again and off-again plans to open a Graham branch, State Employees’ Credit Union is on track to open what will be...

Alamance Foods confirms expansion plans after getting state-level grant

Burlington
Alamance Foods has announced that it will press ahead with a proposed expansion in Burlington thanks to the company’s receipt of a state level...

Textile company in Burlington to close, lay off 150 employees

Burlington
A specialty textile manufacturing company has announced that it will close its plant along Anthony Street in Burlington and lay off 150 employees by...

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ABSS: Good news, for a change

We’ve had plenty of occasions on this page to critique the poor performance of ABSS schools, administration, and school board over recent years. But this...

Much ado about . . . data centers

Public speakers at last week’s public hearing and the county commissioners to whom they expressed their concerns may have breathed a sigh of relief...

Beware expanding the (Burlington) city council

Another topic which looks to us like a solution in search of a problem to address is the idea embraced by Bur-lington’s city council...

ENOUGH!

This newspaper has covered local governments for the at least the past 69 years. We’ve seen all sorts of combinations of mayors and council members,...
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Visiting judge dismisses long-running lawsuit over parking dispute at Mebane’s Manorfield subdivision

A visiting superior court judge from Wake County has permanently dismissed a long-running lawsuit over parking restrictions in common areas within the Manorfield subdivision...

Mark Crotts, whose 3 successive murder trials captured county in 1990s before final not guilty verdict, now suing sheriff’s office

1st trial (1992): found guilty, verdict overturned; 2nd trial (1995): hung jury; All Posts 3rd trial (1997): not guilty An Alamance County man who was convicted in...

Pardon of innocence first step to seeking payment for wrongful conviction

A pardon of innocence, like the one that then-Governor Roy Cooper issued in November 2024 to Mark Crotts, is a required first step for...

City offers $23K to settle court battles with local boarding house owner

The city of Burlington has agreed to settle a pair of legal disputes with a former boarding house operator who took the city to...

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