Burlington mulls reintroducing fares to Link Transit buses
Patrons of Burlington’s Link Transit bus system may soon find themselves scrounging for change to feed the farebox as they once did in the...
THE PUBLIC ASKS: Does Burlington offer police family health coverage to the exclusion of...
QUESTION: Do police officers in Burlington receive some form of subsidized health coverage for their spouses and children that isn’t also available to other...
How many millions should Burlington spend on pickleball, tennis courts?
A multimillion dollar plan to enhance Burlington’s accommodations for tennis and pickleball seems to have landed a bit out of reach for Burlington’s elected...
Burlington fire chief leaving for Chapel Hill
After almost three years in the post, Burlington fire chief Jay Mebane will be leaving the city to take a comparable post as the...
City formally inaugurates arboretum at Willowbrook Park
Scores of people descended on Burlington’s Willowbrook Park on Wednesday afternoon to mark the substantive completion of a picturesque arboretum that has sprouted on...
Burlington council approves budget with tax rate slightly under manager’s original proposal
Council agreed to trim 1.37 cents (about 3%) from city manager's original proposed tax rate of 49.73 cents (which was 21.3% over 'revenue neutral')
Burlington’s...
Burlington police arrest suspect believed to have set East Burlington fires
ADDITIONAL UPDATE: ARREST MADE – Miguel Angel Gomez Amaya, a 26-year-old male from Burlington, was arrested overnight. Amaya was charged with:
· 1 count of 1st...
What’s happening to downtown office building across from city hall and LabCorp?
Passersby have observed a fenced-off area around a downtown office building along Maple Avenue in Burlington across the street from Burlington's city hall and...
Historic mill building will be turned into 90 apartments
Burlington's planning and zoning commission gave a unanimous thumbs up to a developer's proposal to rezone a famous, historic mill building into 90 apartments.
The...
Balog named new Burlington police chief
City manager Craig Honeycutt has elevated assistant police chief Alan Balog to be the city's next police chief, succeeding Brian Long, who is scheduled...
