Elon adopts new budget with property tax rate 14 percent above revenue neutral
Elon’s town council has approved a new municipal budget that features a property tax rate roughly 14 percent higher than what the town needed...
Gibsonville manager’s recommended budget is 18 percent above revenue neutral
By Charity L. Cohen
Special to The Alamance News
Gibsonville town manager Ben Baxley has unveiled a proposed budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year that includes...
THE PUBLIC ASKS: Does Burlington offer police family health coverage to the exclusion of...
QUESTION: Do police officers in Burlington receive some form of subsidized health coverage for their spouses and children that isn’t also available to other...
How many millions should Burlington spend on pickleball, tennis courts?
A multimillion dollar plan to enhance Burlington’s accommodations for tennis and pickleball seems to have landed a bit out of reach for Burlington’s elected...
Irene Fanelli sworn in as Gibsonville’s newest alderman
By Charity L. Cohen
Special to The Alamance News
Irene Fanelli was sworn in to fill the vacancy on the Gibsonville board of aldermen left by...
Burlington fire chief leaving for Chapel Hill
After almost three years in the post, Burlington fire chief Jay Mebane will be leaving the city to take a comparable post as the...
City formally inaugurates arboretum at Willowbrook Park
Scores of people descended on Burlington’s Willowbrook Park on Wednesday afternoon to mark the substantive completion of a picturesque arboretum that has sprouted on...
Burlington council approves budget with tax rate slightly under manager’s original proposal
Council agreed to trim 1.37 cents (about 3%) from city manager's original proposed tax rate of 49.73 cents (which was 21.3% over 'revenue neutral')
Burlington’s...
Mebane council trims tax rate increase by a penny, saving $420,159
New budget represents 8.16% higher tax rate than "revenue neutral" – down from 11.07% higher as proposed by city mgr. originally
A closely-divided Mebane city...
Burlington police arrest suspect believed to have set East Burlington fires
ADDITIONAL UPDATE: ARREST MADE – Miguel Angel Gomez Amaya, a 26-year-old male from Burlington, was arrested overnight. Amaya was charged with:
· 1 count of 1st...
