Planning board endorses rule change that could end industrial rezoning spat
Burlington’s planning and zoning commission has given its blessing to a proposed rule change that could nullify a neighbor’s objection to a rezoning request...
Planning board has to delay votes after reporter points out rezoning signs not posted
A lapse in public notification didn’t prevent a standing-room only audience from piling into Burlington’s city hall on Monday for the latest meeting of...
Moving right along: Sheetz leveled; store to be rebuilt from scratch
Workmen are continuing to clear the lot where Mebane's Sheetz station used to stand, at 1237 Mebane Oaks Road just off I-85/40.
The company had...
Graham gets green added to fire hydrants, thanks to inmates
Fire hydrants within the Graham city limits will get a fresh coat of paint – red topped with a bright green nut stem –...
Council postpones zoning hearings for Shell station, Zack’s, and industrial site
The end of summer has spelled no relief from the figurative heat for three rezoning requests that have been making their way through the...
SteriTek makes it official: co. will build East Coast facility in Burlington
SteriTek, the California-based company specializing in electron beam and x-ray sterilization, has decided to build its first East Coast facility in Burlington, city officials...
City council OKs new layout for Paramount Theater expansion
Burlington’s city council has decided to raise the proverbial curtain on an expansion of the Paramount Theater that could cost as much as $7...
Eastern student one of two teens found murdered in western Orange County
Two teenagers, including an Eastern Alamance High School student who had been reported missing this weekend, were found fatally shot Sunday afternoon in the...
Elon town council still considering special “social district” for downtown drinking
Elon’s town council has yet to break out the bubbly to christen a new downtown zone where visitors will be allowed to drink beer...
Avoid Court Square in Graham in middle of Sat., Mon. nights
The milling and paving of the Main Street area in Graham is now concentrated around the Historic Court House and Court Square in downtown...
