New economic incentives project for industrial park
A long-vacant spec building built about two years ago by the Samet Corporation across from the Walmart distribution center is about to get a...
Planning board OK with single-family, townhouse projects, but opposes 268 apts. in downtown
Mebane's planning board heard three separate rezoning requests Monday night, readily endorsing two of them and equally unanimously recommending against the third, and largest,...
Mebane police dogs now on duty
Mebane has bought the two dogs needed to re-start its canine program and completed the training of the dogs and their two police handlers....
Who decides whether library parking lot can be used for apt.’s overflow parking?
The actual status of who would make a decision about parking at the Mebane Public Library appeared somewhat muddled this week.
According to the developer’s...
How does apt. proposal compare to “vision” plan from 2018?
Do the developer's plans for a mixed-use development in the 100 and 200 blocks between West Washington and West Holt streets emulate a plan...
What Mebane residents said about the downtown apartment complex proposal
Some residents liked the proposed apartments with commercial space below, preferring it to the abandoned buildings that have been on the site since Kingsdown...
Mebane wants thick buffers to prevent backsides of subdivisions from being visible from city...
Mebane’s city council doesn’t want the backs of residential projects to face main thoroughfares, and they quizzed one developer repeatedly this week about how...
Council votes 3-2 for Hooks over Ewing to serve on Main Street provisional board
A divided Mebane city council this week voted 3-2 to appoint the city’s mayor, Ed Hooks, as the council’s second ex officio member of...
Council votes 3-2 for ordinance allowing (some) chickens
Council omits some of the most stringent requirements proposed by city staff
Mebane’s city council decided to take a simple, straightforward approach to the idea...
Mebane city council OKs rezoning for new church
Mebane’s city council has unanimously approved a rezoning request that will allow a church in Durham to build a sanctuary and classroom space in...
