Council votes, 3-2, to rescind grant application after businessman’s objection to median in front...
Major thoroughfare would have narrowed lanes, bike path, median
Burlington’s city council has agreed to put the brakes on a federal grant application that city...
BACKGROUND: The candidates, questionnaire, and the newspaper’s coverage
Burlington voters will head to the polls on October 5 to narrow their sections for mayor and city council.
Five candidates have filed for mayor...
Biographical information on Burlington mayoral and city council candidates
BURLINGTON MAYORAL CANDIDATES
Ian Baltutis
Full name: Ian Baltutis
Nickname, if any: N/A
Born: Date of birth: August 10, 1985
Place of birth: Minneapolis, Hennipen County, Minnesota
Education: Washburn Senior...
Donations pour into campaigns for Burlington municipal races
Barely two months have elapsed since the electoral sluices opened in Burlington and released a veritable flood of contenders for the city’s mayor and...
Burlington police charge sheriff’s daughter with sale of narcotics
The adult daughter of Alamance County’s sheriff has been arrested by police officers in Burlington after she allegedly sold an illegal narcotics to a...
Mayor: campaign signs proliferate on city property, rights-of-way
Concerns seemed to be aimed at some colleagues, competitors
The spread of campaign yard signs on city-owned property has received a vote of no confidence...
Neighbor, city have complained about code enforcement issues at mayoral candidate’s home
The oft-heard advice to would-be politicos that they should get their own houses in order may have eluded one mayoral contender in Burlington –...
61 acres rezoned for 360 apartments
Haw River’s town council has approved rezoning for a proposed 250 to 300-unit apartment complex following a public hearing this week that saw no...
Graham council agrees to rezoning along Jimmie Kerr Road for future apartments – when/if...
Meanwhile, rezoning for another project beside the interstate is withdrawn altogether
Graham’s city council agreed Tuesday night to allow the rezoning of about 11 acres...
Elon aldermen going in circles on possible Covid policy, incentives
Elon’s board of aldermen found no resolution again this week when it struck up its second discussion on what to put in a “COVID...
