Longtime staff member steps up to the plate as new elections director
Political campaigns are often likened to horse races. But to Dawn Hurdle, an 18-year veteran of the local elections office, the charged anticipation and building excitement of the electoral...
BREAKING THURS. NIGHT: Planning board nixes zoning for Snow Camp, 11-1
Alamance County’s planning board has decided not to recommend a zoning plan for Snow Camp to the county’s board of commissioners.
During a meeting on Thursday, the planning board voted...
One Graham planning board vacancy filled as another emerges
Graham's city council appointed a new member for its planning and zoning board Tuesday night; as such, the appointee will also serve as a member of the city's board...
Liberty pastor pens new book with 90 devotionals
Friends and coauthors Andy Clapp and Michelle Medlock Adams team up to bring readers “Springtime for Your Spirit: 90 Devotions of Hope, Joy & New Beginnings” (Good Books/Skyhorse Publishing),...
Snow Camp residents out in force to express concerns about zoning proposal
Next meeting is tonight, by a subcommittee focusing on Snow Camp zoning; it will be an open meeting
A proposed zoning ordinance that has been two years in the making...
Burlington postpones Carousel Festival due to snags in construction of housing
Amid the melting snow from this weekend’s winter storm, Burlington’s City Park came alive with a flurry of construction activity on Tuesday, as contractors went back to work on...
Commissioners, as board of adjustment, divide 3-2; but 4 votes needed for approval
Alamance County’s elected leaders have chosen not to relax one of the county’s development rules in order to permit one area resident to build a garage next to his...
ARMC’s president appointed to vacancy on community college’s board of trustees
Alamance County’s commissioners have appointed Mark Gordon, the president of Alamance Regional Medical Center, to fill a recently-vacated position on the board of trustees for Alamance Community College.
Gordon was...
Elon man finds fountain of youth. . . at least for his 1951 Ford
Being the same make and model as the 1951 Ford they used to drive in when dating, Elon resident William Terrell and wife Janice could almost re-live the nostalgia...