School board to keep vacant seat open – at least for now
Alamance-Burlington school board members agreed by consensus Wednesday afternoon to keep a vacant seat open for the foreseeable future.
The vacancy was created by the...
New high school ready for students for 2023-24 school year
Alamance-Burlington school board members got a sneak peek Wednesday morning at the county’s newest high school, Southeast High School, which is nearing completion along...
Burlington planning commission gets new chairman
The chairmanship of Burlington’s planning and zoning commission has amicably passed to a senior member who, a year ago, made an unsuccessful bid to...
Planning board OKs rezoning request for LabCorp’s new hangar at airport
Burlington’s planning and zoning commission has given its clearance to a new corporate hangar at the Burlington Alamance Regional Airport that’s intended to serve...
Contractor waiting on bricks to finish conversion of bank building to new elections office
Renovations continue inside a former bank branch that the county has purchased at 1128 South Main Street in Graham to provide a new, more...
Commissioner chairman John Paisley recovering at home from fall
Alamance County commissioner chairman John Paisley is recovering at home after suffering a fall last Thursday, in which he sustained two broken ribs.
The commissioners’...
Burlington city council OKs appointments to advisory boards, commissions; new Mebane, Graham planning board...
Burlington’s city council has approved a number of appointments to the various advisory boards and commissions that weigh in on certain aspects of municipal...
Mebane man convicted of $20M fraud in federal court
A Mebane man is scheduled to be sentenced later this year after he pleaded guilty in federal court this spring to a $20 million...
Williams High School’s college advisor heading to Harvard Law
By Charity L. Cohen
Special to The Alamance News
As Sam Timmons walks through the campus of Williams High School, the phrase “What’s up, Mr. Timmons,”...
Governor appoints former local Democratic Party chief Elaine Berry to chairmanship of county’s elections...
Elaine Berry has come a long way from her childhood home on a tobacco farm in the northern reaches of Orange County.
From this rather...
