Burlington planning board hears plans for University Drive location for Culver’s
It was a tale of two restauranteurs in Burlington on Monday as the city’s planning and zoning commission dealt two contrasting verdicts to a pair of rezoning requests that...
New electric buses to join Link Transit system this week
A pair of electric buses sit at the ready outside an industrial garage along Troxler Road that houses the rolling stock of Burlington’s Link Transit bus system.
These state-of-the-vehicles are...
Burlington city council hears plans to widen sidewalks, cut on-street parking in downtown business...
Burlington’s city council has agreed to move forward with a “streetscaping” plan for the city’s downtown business district that would give pedestrians more of a leg up as they...
Paramount renovations could go up $4.3M, to $11.3M – 60% above original estimate
Burlington’s elected leaders were in for a bit of a dramatic twist this week when they received a seemingly routine update on a multi-million-dollar plan to overhaul and expand...
Burlington city council formalizes policy to allow special district for outdoor drinking on Fridays...
Burlington’s city council has given a hearty “bottoms up” to the creation of a new zone within Burlington’s downtown business district where the patrons of participating restaurants and bars...
Construction grounds air traffic at Burlington-Alamance Airport – for 30 days
The grounds of the Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport are a hive of activity this week as contractors press ahead with a number of simultaneous construction and maintenance projects.
Among the most...
Burlington police: Alleged robber of Select Bank arrested in Caswell County
Police have arrested the suspected bank robber who held up the Select Bank at 166 Huffman Mill Road in Burlington on Monday, July 24. He also claimed to have...
One suspect in custody, another at large after robbery and bomb hoax at Burlington...
Police in Burlington have arrested one suspect and are still on the lookout for another after a bank robbery last week in which a counterfeit “bomb” was used to...
Burlington touts joint venture with advocacy group to monitor industrial discharges into the sewers
The city of Burlington has announced a new, “one-of-a-kind” deal with an environmental advocacy group to jointly monitor certain categories of chemicals that local industries have released into the...
Burlington residents, mayor rail against new Amtrak schedule that reduces train stops in city
Commuters in Burlington and other parts of central North Carolina are apparently not “all aboard” with a new train schedule that the state’s transportation department has rolled out for...
