High vacancy rate in certain city depts. mars rosy financial report in Burlington
A seemingly throwaway line in an otherwise auspicious financial report has heightened the angst among Burlington’s city council about the historically high vacancy rates...
Mebane OKs 1M square foot warehouse project along Buckhorn Road
14 parcels on 128 acres would be developed into five warehouses with cumulative square footage of 980,200 square feet; three would front I-85/40; company...
Mebane resident tells city council: LED street lights are too bright
New street lights put up along Wilba Road where she lives are too bright, Mebane resident Mary McFarland told Mebane’s city council this week.
The...
County revives appointed board to oversee local company’s potential use of industrial revenue bonds...
Alamance County’s elected leaders have agreed to resurrect an appointed board that has laid dormant for two decades to allow a local company to...
New police chief is home grown
Brian Long didn’t initially join the queue of job applicants who hoped to succeed the city’s former police chief Jeff Smythe when he retired...
Taxing, spending priorities at heart of candidate differences
Candidates for Graham mayor and city council are generally satisfied with the city’s current tax rate and most areas of spending.
Most of the mayoral...
Newest Meritage Homes subdivision in Graham to target first-time homebuyers
Meritage Homes, the nation’s sixth-largest public homebuilder and an increasing presence in Alamance County new home construction, announced this week that it has closed...
One arrested, one still sought in teen’s September murder on Railroad Street in Burlington
Burlington police have arrested one man and are seeking another who remains at large in the murder of a Burlington teenager whose body was...
Burlington’s new police chief sworn in during Fri. afternoon ceremony
A crowd of law enforcement officers, elected officials, and other well wishers packed Burlington’s Paramount Theater on Friday afternoon to see Brian Long sworn...
2019 downtown master plan still stirs controversy, debate
Two years ago, a consultant’s group made a significant number of recommendations to substantially reconfigure downtown Graham.
For the most part, the plan has been...
