Castoffs get second life on canvas
A Burlington artist is holding her first-ever solo exhibition at a nearby public library this summer.
Just two years ago, Wendy Spears of Burlington sat...
Burlington native Thomas Ryan pays homage to modernist master architect Frank Lloyd Wright
Burlington native, now a Californian, making quite an impression with architectural designs
By Charity L. Cohen
Special to The Alamance News
Not many can say they accomplished...
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...
Mildred Guthrie has been at Uncle Eli’s Quilting Parties for over half of its...
By Charity L. Cohen
Special to The Alamance News
Today marks the 92nd annual gathering of Uncle Eli’s Quilting Party – also called the Quilting Bee....
Mebane man writes 2nd book, this one about fictional small town of Maybin
Retired Mebane bank CEO Rick Smith has started a new chapter in life with the publication of his first novel (and second book), Crumbs...
Eastern’s female football player now prepares for college sports (probably not including football)
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Karsyn Johnson accepts that her role as a three-sport athlete at Eastern Alamance has a different twist.
“I do...
Mebane realtor/author releases third novel, ‘Candy Kane Editorials’
By Charity L. Cohen
Special to The Alamance News
Kurt Pearson never thought the short story he wrote, on a dare from his daughter Mia six...
Four Burlington runners compete in New York marathon – for a cause
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
There were four runners with Burlington roots in the New York City Marathon earlier this month, but there...
Burlington planning board chairman launches new career: author
Vladimir Nabokov once claimed that his purpose in writing was simply to “get rid of the book” that had been stewing inside him.
This explanation...
Teen who beat long medical odds among Burlington’s new Eagle Scouts
A newly-minted Eagle Scout would be enough to send the heart of any doting mother aflutter. But for area resident Marsha Slade, there was...
