Mebane Sheetz ready to re-open (next week)
The Sheetz in Mebane – closed since September for demolition of the previous store, built in 2005, and building an updated replacement – is...
What’s happening beside Morinaga off I-85/40?
QUESTION: What’s being built beside Morinaga along the interstate on the edge of Mebane?
ANSWER: From the interstate, the Bobbitt Construction sign and the work...
Bed, Bath & Beyond to close Burlington store
The home furnishings giant Bed, Bath & Beyond is apparently pulling the curtains on its retail operations in Burlington.
The chain’s store in the University...
Revitalization of Western Electric tops the bill at legislative breakfast
“It’s going to take millions and millions of dollars, which is pretty overwhelming for an individual investor.”– Burlington city councilman Bob Ward
“It’s been a...
Revere Copper brings production plant to Mebane
A company with a lineage dating to Paul Revere has opened a factory in Mebane.
While the Revere Copper Products, Inc. hasn’t made a big...
Long-empty Sagebrush restaurant site in Graham has been bought, will be renovated
A long-time eyesore in Graham will be getting a makeover, thanks to a local developer.
David Morton, who owns Holly Hill Mall and several strip...
Seeing double: Two Maple Avenue 7-Eleven’s seem to be getting close
Slurpee aficionados in Burlington may feel like they’re in 7-Eleventh Heaven right now as the convenience store chain presses ahead with the construction of...
Commissioners burst gas supplier’s hope for extension on county incentives agreement
A plea from an industrial gas supplier for more time to meet its end of an incentives agreement has gone down like the Hindenburg...
City sponsors state grant application on behalf of stone-working startup
New company hopes to renovate former Carolina Box Co. bldg. on Fonville Street
Burlington’s city council has unanimously agreed to sponsor an application for a...
McKay Books to build in Mebane
Mebane’s city council has approved the annexation of a 6.654-acre tract of land along Wilson Lane, on the south side of the interstate highway,...
