Seeing double: Two Maple Avenue 7-Eleven’s seem to be getting close
Slurpee aficionados in Burlington may feel like they’re in 7-Eleventh Heaven right now as the convenience store chain presses ahead with the construction of...
Town of Elon will pick up tab for managing weekly Farmers’ Market
Elon’s town council has decided to hire a new, part-time staff member to oversee a farmers’ market that a local nonprofit group has operated,...
Town of Elon will join Link Transit bus system
Elon’s town council has tentatively agreed to let Burlington’s Link Transit bus system extend one of its routes into the smaller community’s borders.
During a...
Burlington police seek suspect in recent assault
Police in Burlington are looking for a man who allegedly robbed and assaulted a woman during a quarrel on Saturday.
According to the city’s police...
Police attribute arrest of robbery suspect to public’s tips
Police in Burlington credit tips from the community with helping them speedily apprehend a suspect in an armed robbery that occurred on Friday.
The city’s...
County OKs multi-state co. to take over private landfill franchise
Details on potential expansion yet to be negotiated
Alamance County’s board of commissioners has decided – in principle – to let an out-of-town company take...
Commissioners burst gas supplier’s hope for extension on county incentives agreement
A plea from an industrial gas supplier for more time to meet its end of an incentives agreement has gone down like the Hindenburg...
City sponsors state grant application on behalf of stone-working startup
New company hopes to renovate former Carolina Box Co. bldg. on Fonville Street
Burlington’s city council has unanimously agreed to sponsor an application for a...
100 years after a fire that destroyed most of a fledgling college campus, Elon...
One hundred years ago this week, the future for the educational institution now known as Elon University looked pretty bleak. The original Elon College...
Haw River OKs annexation for large residential project
Haw River’s town council has approved annexation and rezoning for a nearly 200-acre residential development that Haw River officials say could be one of...
