Cheek takes new post
Former Mebane city manager David Cheek, who retired from his municipal post in February, has gone back to work. Cheek has accepted a new...
Founder of new charter school has decades of STEM experience, school choice advocacy
Now semi-retired and in his early 80s, Peter Morcombe, chairman of the board for a new charter school that would be located in Alamance...
Commissioners vote to send delegation to visit veterans “village” in Kansas City
Famed for tomato-based barbeque and its powerhouse pro-football team, Kansas City, Missouri isn’t as nearly well known for its contributions to the wellbeing of...
Library books are still due back, but no more fines
Things are no longer just “fine” at Alamance County’s libraries – at least not when it comes to the financial penalties that patrons had...
The Public Asks: Is there a bat infestation at Hawfields Middle/Garrett Elementary?
QUESTION: Is there a bat infestation at the Garrett Elementary/Hawfields Middle School complex in Mebane, and what’s being done to fix it?
ANSWER: Yes, there...
Local municipal elections appear set to proceed; filing opens July 2
Candidate registration for this year’s municipal elections isn’t slated to start until Friday, July 2. But even though this official kickoff to the campaign...
Moffitt named newest partner at Vernon Law Firm
A Burlington attorney with the Vernon Law Firm has been elevated to being a partner with the firm, it was announced this week. Formally,...
School board member tapped for county planning board along with son of current planning...
Alamance County’s commissioners have tapped a current school board member and the son of a long-serving planning board member to fill a pair of...
“Offensive” anti-speeding signs throw village into turmoil
It takes a village to raise a child – and it also apparently takes one to raise a ruckus over some suggestive messages that...
School board approves $1.8M in contracts for SROs
Alamance-Burlington school board members voted 7-0 Wednesday to approve $1.8 million in annual contracts for school resource officers – absent any of the controversy...
