County’s Memorial Day tribute
Patriots from every corner of Alamance County converged on the county’s war memorial in Graham on Monday to mark the annual observance of Memorial Day.
From poetry and prayer to...
Alamance Arts welcome new director
Alamance Arts announces that Alamance County native Tammy Cobb has been appointed as the new executive director of Alamance Arts. She took the reins on Monday, May 16. Her...
Third-generation proprietor to sell Zack’s Hot Dogs
The heir to one local culinary dynasty has decided to turn over the keys to a restaurant that his grandfather founded in Burlington nearly a century ago.
Zack Touloupas, the...
Future superintendent welcomed back home
Pictured from left to right are: Alamance-Burlington school board chairman Sandy Ellington-Graves, vice chairman Patsy Simpson, and the new ABSS superintendent, Dr. Dain Butler, at a reception that the...
Burlington hires Graham native, city resident as new Downtown Manager
Erin McClure Nettles has been hired to be Burlington’s next Downtown Manager. In this role, Nettles will be responsible for working with downtown merchants, property owners, and other stakeholders...
Student writers selected for awards
The Burlington Writers Club annually sponsors the Student Writing Contest to recognize exceptional student writers in Alamance County.
An award ceremony was recently held at Alamance Community College. A total...
First Baptist Burlington to install new pastor Sunday
Reverend Chase Robinson will be installed as Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church of Burlington, 400 South Broad Street in Burlington, on Sunday, May 1, at the 11:00 a.m....
A new place to vote early in Graham; early voting begins Thursday
Debbie Riggs posts signs inside of the Graham Recreation Center on Monday in preparation for the first day of early voting later this week.
The local elections office has commandeered...
Audience member offers spontaneous donation after board balks at nonprofit’s plea for bailout
A spontaneous pledge from an audience member spared Alamance County’s governing board from having to deny a financial lifeline to a local nonprofit group that has found itself battered...
Area students earn honors in Piedmont Regional Youth Cattle Working Contest
Twenty-seven students recently competed in the Piedmont Regional Youth Cattle Working Contest that was held at the Alamance County Cattlemen’s Association Livestock Facility in Snow Camp.
Nine teams of 4-H...
