Elon council enlarges downtown ‘social district’ amid boasts it has uncorked new local trend
There were no clinking glasses or celebratory sips of champagne in Elon’s municipal building this week as the town marked the first full year...
Elon schedules hearings on fire tax, annexation of town-owned land
Elon’s town council has agreed to hold two public hearings later this month that may seem, at first blush, to offer little to whet...
Police seek robbery suspect who passed himself off as officer
Police in Burlington are looking for a man who allegedly impersonated one of their own in order to apprehend some cash from an unsuspecting...
Talley vows no interest in buying city property, building on site, criticizes editorial for...
Graham mayor Jennifer Talley spent part of Tuesday’s discussion about the future of the Sesquicentennial Park defending herself from an editorial that appeared in...
Mebane city council skeptical of developer’s request to remove road connection as condition for...
A year ago, Meb-ane’s city council members thought they had approved a rezoning proposal for a Tractor Supply store off Mebane Oaks Road behind...
Burlington prepares to spend millions to meet EPA’s new limits on PFAS
The city of Burlington is girding itself for yet another budget-busting endeavor as it takes stock of a newly-released set of water quality standards...
Gibsonville approves new “event-based” social drinking district, 4-1
Gibsonville’s board of aldermen has approved the concept, and the first proposal, for establishing a new event-based social drinking district for the downtown area.
Unlike...
Does drinking water notice in Elon suggest wider water quality problems?
QUESTION: Why did the town of Elon send out a drinking water notice to its utility customers last month? Does this notice suggest that...
Arkansas-based Bank OZK plans to open Burlington branch
A bank headquartered in Arkansas, Bank OZK, has announced its plans to open its first location in Alamance County in a bank building at...
Gibsonville mayor has police remove man from meeting when he protests town’s failure to...
Gibsonville’s twice-monthly board of aldermen meetings are typically fairly staid affairs.
But this week’s April 1 version included an unprecedented expulsion of one man and...
