Veterans’ group seeks free use of park for balloon festival
A local advocacy group for veterans seemed to aim for the stratosphere this week when it appeared before the county’s board of commissioners to...
Perfunctory hearing elicits critiques of community development program
A pro forma hearing on Burlington’s community development program drew some rather frank feedback from two area residents with concerns about the public’s lack...
Commissioners endorse proposals for opioid settlement that include revival of specialized drug court
Alamance County’s commissioners have signed off on some proposed uses for the roughly $2.9 million that the county has, so far, received from a...
Burlington seeks lay people to join arboretum’s advisory board
The city of Burlington is looking for a few good men or women to serve as community representatives on the technical advisory board that...
Ellison receives quilting award
Mrs. Lillian Ellison was given the inaugural award in her name, “Lillian Ellison Award for the Preservation of the Art of Quilting,” at the...
Weapons detection system installed at Alamance Regional
Cone Health has installed advanced weapons detection systems in Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington and other of its hospitals. They are being used...
Spring book sale underway at May Memorial Library
Volunteers Debbie Gunyan and Pat Shoffner rush to make final preparations before Friday’s kickoff to the upcoming spring book sale at Burlington’s May Memorial...
ATTENTION Eastern Seniors: Hooks STEM scholarship applications due March 15
The Theresa Hooks Memorial STEM Scholarship is an annual award of $2500 given to a graduating senior at Eastern Alamance High School that is...
Miss Southern pageant to be held on Saturday
Southern Alamance High School will hold its Miss Southern Scholarship Pageant for 2023-2024 on Saturday, March 2, at 7:00 p.m. in the School’s auditorium,...
BCA swimmer wins state title
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Burlington Christian Academy boys’ swimmer Owen Nye won one championship and set a school record in another event...
