Burlington residents bring desire for backyard chickens back to city council
Idea defeated 3-2 in 2021
It might be too early to say that the chickens have come home to roost in Burlington. But a push...
Case against Graham mayor’s husband dismissed
Bollard blocking alley at center of controversy
The Alamance County district attorney’s office has dismissed a misdemeanor charge of injury to real property against Graham...
Revised plan for Garden Road senior apts. gets planning board approval, 4-1
A second opinion from Burlington’s planning and zoning commission has resuscitated the hopes of a contentious rezoning request for the southwestern corner of Garden...
Mebane council to take up new North Mebane Village subdivision proposal recommended by planning...
Proposal includes 192 townhouses, 36 single-family houses, 15K square feet of retail space
Mebane’s planning board voted 7-0 last week to recommend rezoning for approximately...
Graham council heeds businesses call not to close Main Street for Sat., June 28...
The ‘Slice of Summer’ will use West Elm, Maple streets again this year – not Main Street
Several downtown Graham businesswomen successfully pressed the city...
Graham city council’s closed sessions dealt with who owns blocked alley that resulted in...
Graham city council gathered with their attorneys in closed session briefly Tuesday night to discuss two legal matters – one of which is tangentially...
Aldermen OK $331K in raises for town’s 75 employees
Gibsonville taxpayers will spend an additional $331,000 per year to pay 75 full-time town employees additional compensation and benefits, based on action taken by...
Town points to $2M fire truck as reason for keeping large municipal savings acct.
Elon’s municipal leaders were in a defiant spirit this week as they responded to a recent rebuke from this newspaper’s publisher over the extensive...
Gibsonville will pay $77,600 to demolish part of mill building it now owns
Gibsonville’s aldermen have agreed to a contract to demolish a part of the former Dixie Belle building, which is now owned by the town...
Burlington city council gives nod to homes for empty-nesters on Guilford-Alamance line
Burlington’s city council didn’t take a bye on every rezoning request that came up for its consideration last Tuesday.
In fact, its members bestowed their...
