Council OKs new entrance for New Market Square
Burlington’s city council has given a green light to a rezoning request that will allow the owner of New Market Square to relocate this...
From growing up on a farm and later in east Burlington, Tameka Harvey wants...
Newly-elected Alamance-Burlington school board member and Alamance County native Tameka Harvey aspires to help others grow where they’re planted.
Next month, Harvey will join newly-reelected...
Why has Chuck Marsh been absent from so many ABSS school board meetings?
QUESTION: Why has Alamance-Burlington school board member Chuck Marsh been absent from nearly half of the school board’s meetings since March of this year? ...
ABSS may consider selling land at Hillcrest Elementary to its neighbor, The Burlington School
The Alamance-Burlington school board has been asked to consider selling two acres of land behind Hillcrest Elementary School to The Burlington School, which is...
School board candidates differ on spending, performance, charter schools, opportunity scholarships
Comprehensive election coverage of the candidates for Alamance-Burlington School System board of education. The newspaper's coverage includes:
An overview of the contrasting positions of...
THE PUBLIC ASKS: Is there still mold at Williams High School?
QUESTION: Are you aware there is still mold at Williams High School? Is it true that the roof continues to leak and the ceiling...
Court of Appeals upholds dismissal of lawsuit over alleged assault by teacher at Broadview...
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld a 2023 ruling in Alamance County superior court that dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Alamance-Burlington...
Cummings High School player collapses and dies at football practice Monday
Malik Mebane, a 15-year-old Cummings High School sophomore and football player for the Cavaliers, died suddenly after collapsing on the field at the start...
ABSS, other county schools (charter and private) to be closed Fri.
Alamance-Burlington schools have joined many other school systems across the Triad and Triangle that have announced closures for Friday, September 27 in light of...
Man arrested for physical assault of a child at South Mebane Elementary School
A 62-year-old man from Graham has been arrested for the alleged physical assault of a child at South Mebane Elementary School.
William Thomas Whitehurst reportedly...
