Staff instructed by city council to draft new ordinance allowing backyard chickens
Burlington’s city council has given the city’s planning staff free range to develop a new policy that would enable the city’s residents to keep...
New plan in Mebane: 120 apartments instead of 51 townhouses on S. 11th Street
Mebane’s planning board has agreed to recommend rezoning for 120 apartments to take the place of a previous rezoning plan approved five years ago...
New drive-thru coffee shop in Mebane gets city’s planning board approval
Mebane’s planning board gave its imprimatur of support to a proposed rezoning of a small portion of a parcel off Wilson Road, across from...
Graham planning board reverses opposition to city’s first gated community
An Ohio developer’s revisions contained in a third set of plans for White Rock Estates, near the corner of Hanford Road and West Moore...
Council closes in on new regulations for RVs in Elon
Elon’s municipal leaders have let out the clutch on some potential new rules that could replace the town’s relatively stringent restrictions on recreational vehicles,...
Elon revises animal control regulations after outsourcing this function to Burlington
Much like the responsible dog owner who cleans up after their pets, officials in Elon have found it necessary to do some tidying up...
Woman arrested for shooting off gun during quarrel in Burlington
A woman from Burlington has been arrested after she allegedly punctuated an argument with a handgun.
Ericka Latiesha Graves reportedly fired the 9-mm while she...
Burlington woman arrested for 2nd degree murder after early morning shooting outside convenience store
A woman from Burlington has been charged with second-degree murder after she allegedly gunned down a 26-year-old man outside an area business earlier this...
State trust fund awards Elon $362K toward new skatepark
The latest twist in Elon’s efforts to establish a new skatepark could prove almost as thrilling as riding the half-pipe to some of this...
Mebane city council plans to give Orange County $381K to build larger gym at...
Mebane’s city council took an unprecedented step Tuesday night in voting to start down the path of approving $381,547 toward the cost of a...
