Mickey Kluttz awarded Boy Scouts’ Silver Antelope honor
Burlington resident Mickey Kluttz has been named a 2023 recipient of the Silver Antelope Award, a distinguished service award presented by the Boy Scouts...
Board of Equalization & Review hears revaluation appeals
“I’m on a fixed income. I can’t pay any more tax. I cannot do it, and I think I have been treated unfairly.”
– Burlington...
Local budgets vary on how sales tax, personnel raises are calculated
From problems with staff-level turnover to high rates of inflation, Alamance County and its municipalities have grappled with many of the same issues as...
No Fair Weather Soldiers: Memorial Day Tribute continues – inside due to rainy forecast
The rainy forecast on Monday may have ruined a few family barbeques. But it didn’t discourage Alamance County’s War Memorial committee from forging ahead...
Burlington grandsons now Navy pilots, one a ‘top gun’
Brothers continue a family tradition of military service and love of flying
By Charity L. Cohen
Special to The Alamance News
Standing with his face pressed...
Mebane’s Montrena Hadley receives lifetime achievement award
Mebane city councilwoman Montrena Hadley was presented Wednesday with a lifetime achievement award for excellence in public service by the North Carolina Retired Governmental...
A primer on revaluation: including background, history, current status
If you haven’t been following it, or you need to catch up on the latest, this story should help you understand the concept and...
Texas developer plans to dismantle pre-Civil War dam in Ossipee
From time immemorial, the small town of Ossipee has been home to an old granite dam that has held back the ebullient waters of...
Eight county youth compete at Livestock Show
The 77th annual Central Piedmont Junior Livestock Show and Sale was held recently in Hillsborough. This is the 35th year the show was held...
Incurable disease gave Burlington writer Anita Sherer hope – and a 2nd act
By Charity L. Cohen
Special to The Alamance News
At 33, Anita Sherer couldn’t understand the bizarre things that kept happening to her.
Sherer hardly ever bumped...
