Mebane man travels to Stockholm to compete for Food Planet Prize
The Food Planet Prize isn’t Sweden’s best-known award. That honor undoubtedly belongs to the vaunted Nobel. Yet, with an applicant pool of roughly 1,000...
COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE: MEBANE CITY COUNCIL’S BUCKHORN ROAD REZONING
Comprehensive coverage of Mebane city council’s decision to rezone 134 acres along Buckhorn Road for a truck and freight terminal and two large warehouses,...
Mebane city manager Chris Rollins honored at council meeting, given Order of the Long...
Mebane city council members honored retiring city manager Chris Rollins at their latest meeting Monday night.
Rollins was also bestowed with the Order of the...
Six-hour council meeting prolonged by Spanish translation during Buckhorn public hearing
A request for annexation and rezoning to allow the construction of a trucking and freight terminal drew a crowd of nearly 200 people, including...
Annexation and rezoning approved for two big projects on Buckhorn Rd.
Mebane’s city council voted for annexation and rezoning requests for two projects, totaling about 134 acres along Buckhorn Road, on Monday night.
The vote to...
Half-hour backroom discussion in middle of open meeting used to work out longer transition...
Mebane mayor Ed Hooks took the unusual step Monday night to halt a long procession of public speakers on a proposed rezoning and annexation...
U.S. Army bivouacs at Burlington rec center to brief residents on Western Electric cleanup
The U.S. Army let down its guard for a few hours on Thursday to give area residents the lowdown on the ongoing cleanup of...
Elon residents, council still (mostly) not interested in opening Aspen Ave. to adjacent Gibsonville...
Elon’s municipal leaders have decided to bring some “closure” – in more ways than one – to a long-running debate over a roadway that...
Public payroll records: Graham fires 3, disciplines 2 during past year
The city of Graham has fired three employees – a police officer, an engineer in the fire department, and a garbage man, all of...
Potential industrial project in far reaches of Burlington expands
Members of Burlington’s planning and zoning commission were just as receptive to an even larger footprint for a potential industrial project on the far...
