Library books are still due back, but no more fines
Things are no longer just “fine” at Alamance County’s libraries – at least not when it comes to the financial penalties that patrons had traditionally incurred for overdue items.
Since...
The Public Asks: Is there a bat infestation at Hawfields Middle/Garrett Elementary?
QUESTION: Is there a bat infestation at the Garrett Elementary/Hawfields Middle School complex in Mebane, and what’s being done to fix it?
ANSWER: Yes, there is a bat infestation at...
Local municipal elections appear set to proceed; filing opens July 2
Candidate registration for this year’s municipal elections isn’t slated to start until Friday, July 2. But even though this official kickoff to the campaign season is still more than...
Moffitt named newest partner at Vernon Law Firm
A Burlington attorney with the Vernon Law Firm has been elevated to being a partner with the firm, it was announced this week. Formally, attorney Ryan Moffitt will become...
School board member tapped for county planning board along with son of current planning...
Alamance County’s commissioners have tapped a current school board member and the son of a long-serving planning board member to fill a pair of openings that had emerged on...
“Offensive” anti-speeding signs throw village into turmoil
It takes a village to raise a child – and it also apparently takes one to raise a ruckus over some suggestive messages that a child may happen to...
School board approves $1.8M in contracts for SROs
Alamance-Burlington school board members voted 7-0 Wednesday to approve $1.8 million in annual contracts for school resource officers – absent any of the controversy that prompted them to adjourn...
Scenes from 2021 Memorial Day Ceremony in Graham
Although the turnout was a bit modest, there were still plenty of boots on the ground Monday when Alamance County staged its annual Memorial Day ceremony for the first...
County prepares to celebrate 250th anniversary of Battle of Alamance
Sunday, May 16, marks the 250th anniversary of the Regulators' 1771 battle with troops of Royal Governor William Tryon
Before the first shots at Lexington and Concord reverberated across the...
Remembering the history of the Battle of Alamance
Comments from 50 years ago on the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Alamance by then-Governor Bob Scott at Alamance Battleground State Historic Site
By Bob Scott
N.C. Governor, 1971
Two hundred...
