Burlington woman charged with insurance fraud
A Burlington woman has been charged by the state insurance department with two counts of insurance fraud and one count of obtaining property by...
Elon dept. heads request 3 new staff members during annual retreat – looking for...
During their recent annual retreat, Elon’s aldermen received pitches for three new employees and hundreds of thousands in capital purchases and projects.
Department heads proposed...
Mebane woman pleads guilty to her role in luring man she met on internet...
She had met him on the internet; her boyfriend and a friend ambushed him when he came to her Mebane trailer; meanwhile, children were...
Burlington mayor gets no traction with council members on suggestion to end city’s contract...
Burlington’s mayor found himself out on a very deserted limb this week when he tried to persuade the rest of the city council to...
Elon board asked (again) to consider raising town’s property tax rate
Town grapples with how to pay for services when so much of municipality's land is owned by Elon University and three other non-profit organizations...
Developer asks Gibsonville board to allow 26 more units in townhome development (previously approved...
Homeowners in Gibsonville’s Sullivan Court neighborhood pleaded with the town’s board of aldermen to reject a developer’s proposed expansion of a townhome development when...
City agrees to help subsidize co.’s plans for Lakeside Mill renovation
A company that transforms recycled materials into luxury furnishings has approached the city of Burlington about a plan to refurbish a vacant textile mill...
Possibility of disc golf course being added at city’s traditional golf course? Rec...
A push to bring disc golf to the county’s only municipal golf course fell a bit short of the green this week as Burlington’s...
City seeks federal funds to hire more firefighters
Burlington’s city council has given the city’s fire department the go-ahead to apply for a federal grant that would allow it to beef up...
Gibsonville board hires Giles as town attorney
Gibsonville’s board of aldermen this week hired its new town attorney, Robert “Bob” Giles, filling the vacancy left at the end of 2020 by...
