GKN to consolidate Person County plant with Mebane facility
GKN Driveline will close its manufacturing plant in Roxboro and will consolidate those operations with its facility at 1067 Trollingwood-Hawfields Road in Mebane, GKN...
Do Airbnb rentals pay occupancy taxes? The answer appears to be complicated
Anyone who has ever used Airbnb knows that there’s a degree of mutual trust to every transaction made through this popular alternative to conventional...
Downtown businesswomen: 1; Rec dept.: 1
Downtown Graham businesswomen who objected last month to a half-day street closure on a Saturday in June that they said would cost them dearly...
“A lasting gift. . .”
Sam Powell, who had been the Sesquicentennial co-chairman of the county celebration in 1999 had said in 2021, when there had been some advocacy...
Burlington looks toward Nov. for $63.5M bond referendum with potential 13.4% property tax hike
Burlington’s elected leaders have taken their first tentative steps toward a bond referendum in this year’s general election that could raise $63.5 million for...
Burlington OKs annexation deal with Graham to facilitate development of new subdivision
Burlington’s city council has signed off on a proposed annexation agreement with Graham that would give Burlington the ability to serve, and potentially take...
Burlington gets set to embark on groundbreaking PFAS study
The city of Burlington is preparing to plunge into a seven-figure endeavor that could give its water resources division the means to remove one...
ATTENTION Eastern Seniors: Hooks STEM scholarship applications due March 15
The Theresa Hooks Memorial STEM Scholarship is an annual award of $2500 given to a graduating senior at Eastern Alamance High School that is...
Decision on new hotel tax put off in Mebane until April 8 after publisher...
Mebane’s city council has put off a decision on imposing a 3 percent hotel occupancy tax on its hotels, after Alamance News publisher Tom...
Mebane city manager Chris Rollins to retire
Mebane city manager Chris Rollins, who has worked in Mebane for the past 11 years as assistant manager and city manager – and before...
