Planning board to consider requests from two residents to withdraw four homes from historic...
Historic preservation commission has already voted to recommend denial of the request for four homes to be removed from the historic district
Burlington’s planning and...
Council OKs zoning for rental development off of Tucker Street
Burlington’s city council has approved a rezoning request from a Raleigh-based developer who hopes to build a “rental community” on some 41 acres between...
Burlington struggles with homeless influx in downtown area
Officials in Burlington are scratching their heads over what to do about a small group of homeless people who’ve apparently made themselves right at...
City council hears disappointing assessment: no “fast fix” for revitalizing Western Electric plant in...
25-year prognosis more likely
Burlington’s municipal leaders have arrived at the realization that it will take years, if not decades, to revive a long-dormant manufacturing...
Burlington city council agrees to new recycling contract that triples monthly charges
Burlington’s city council has approved a new contract with the city’s long-time recycling hauler that will triple the rates that residents currently pay for...
City to raze neglected storefronts on North Main Street in Burlington
Burlington’s city council has cleared the way for the demolition of two abandoned buildings along the 100 block of North Main Street that were...
Burlington city manager Hardin Watkins to retire next month
After six years at the helm of Burlington’s municipal government, city manager Hardin Watkins has announced his plans to retire from the business of...
More than a year after fire, arson probe not complete, but demolition now scheduled
QUESTION: Why hasn’t anyone demolished the former home of Ace Cycle Sales since a fire tore through this business more than a year ago?
ANSWER:...
Tripled monthly recycling charges for Burlington residents to be formalized Tuesday by city council
Burlington’s elected leaders are poised to approve a new contract with the city’s long-time recycling hauler that will effectively triple the rates that residents...
Campaign against nukes bombs with Burlington’s city council
It wasn’t nuclear proliferation so much as the spread of political powder kegs that haunted Burlington’s city council this week as its members contemplated...
