Seven firefighters injured when out building under construction collapses during man’s heart attack
The top brass from several agencies gathered in Burlington on Monday to explain how a group of firefighters wound up in the hospital this weekend when a building collapsed...
What are the implications of Burlington’s ban on parking on front lawns?
QUESTION: Does a raft of newly-approved changes to Burlington’s unified development ordinance prohibit people from parking on the front lawns of residential properties? How does this rule affect owners...
Council gives unanimous nod to Maple Avenue zoning panned by planning board; and to...
Burlington’s city council has signed off on a controversial rezoning request that will allow commercial development to penetrate deeper into the historically residential areas of Maple Avenue that lie...
Burlington mulls new regulations for vape shops and similar ventures
Burlington’s municipal leaders are contemplating a new set of development rules that could take some of the wind out of an up-and-coming subclass of retail.
These proposed measures, which were...
Council dragged into debate about transgender performances
The national quarrel about transgender acceptance made an unbidden appearance in Burlington this week when a Graham resident confronted Burlington’s elected leaders about an upcoming event at the city’s...
Burlington city council holds emergency meeting to clear the books of unspent federal...
Burlington’s city council held a brief emergency meeting on Friday in order to attend to a last-minute detail in the year-long process for Burlington to become a regional clearing...
Planning board recommends commercial rezoning for South Church Street lots
Burlington’s planning and zoning commission has endorsed a rezoning request that calls for a range of low-intensity commercial and institutional uses along an undeveloped stretch of South Church Street.
This...
Nurse wanted for embezzling opioids from Burlington Hospice
A hospice nurse from Greensboro has been accused of embezzling large quantities of an opioid-based pain killer from her employer in Alamance County.
Lindsay Story is currently wanted for misappropriating...
Select Bank to move to South Church Street location
Burlington's Select Bank will move from its current location at 166 Huffman Mill Road to a larger, but now vacant, bank building nearby on South Church Street.
The new location,...
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...
