Is Burlington charging new rates for utility consumption from June?
QUESTION: Are Burlington’s utility customers being assessed the city’s new, increased water and sewer rates? Shouldn’t their latest bills reflect the old rates since...
When is Webb Avenue slated to be repaved?
QUESTION: When is Webb Avenue/NC 87 scheduled to be resurfaced in Burlington?
ANSWER: Although the city of Burlington maintains more than 200 miles of street,...
Second new private school to open in Burlington next month
Ebenezer United Church of Christ in Burlington is launching a new private Christian school that will open for students in kindergarten through third grade...
County considers whether to outsource some non-emergency EMS calls to private ambulance services
Alamance County’s governing board has given a tentative “all clear” to a proposed ordinance that would enable the county’s emergency medical services to outsource...
Commissioners designate old dam, slave cemetery as historic landmarks
Alamance County’s commissioners have made history, in a manner of speaking, by officially naming two sites in the southern part of the county as...
Rollins celebrated upon retirement
Mebane city manager Chris Rollins was feted at a reception Monday afternoon at Mebane's city hall, as he prepares to step down from a...
Burlington asst. city manager honored prior to retirement
Nolan Kirkman, Burlington’s outgoing assistant city manager, didn’t exactly “make like a tree” after his final city council meeting on Tuesday.
But Kirkman did go...
Eagles Eyed
Kirby Dunn (far right), the Alamance district executive for the Boy Scouts of America, appeared before Burlington’s city council on Tuesday to recognize four...
Mebane man travels to Stockholm to compete for Food Planet Prize
The Food Planet Prize isn’t Sweden’s best-known award. That honor undoubtedly belongs to the vaunted Nobel. Yet, with an applicant pool of roughly 1,000...
Mebane city manager Chris Rollins honored at council meeting, given Order of the Long...
Mebane city council members honored retiring city manager Chris Rollins at their latest meeting Monday night.
Rollins was also bestowed with the Order of the...
