County administrators eviscerate commissioner’s alternative budget
County commissioner Ed Priola broke with tradition last week when he booked a formal appearance before his fellow commissioners to poke holes in the...
Commissioners grill rural fire chiefs on proposed hikes in district tax rates
Alamance County’s leaders had a chance to turn up the heat this week on six rural fire departments that have proposed increases in the...
AN ALAMANCE NEWS EXCLUSIVE: EXTENSIVE COUNTY BUDGET COVERAGE
The county commissioners held a three-hour public hearing Monday night that attracted hundreds of residents to the Alamance County Historic Court House. Almost four...
Commissioner Pam Thompson shifts from GOP to unaffiliated
A recent change in one local official’s voter registration has brought an abrupt end to the Republican Party’s six-and-a-half-year monopoly on Alamance County’s governing...
Priola outlines trends, proposes his own spending proposal for keeping current tax rate
Members of the general public weren’t the only ones who weighed in on the county manager’s proposed budget when Alamance County’s board of commissioners...
Rescue Squad, other nonprofits also defended during public hearing
Another substantial bloc of Monday’s audience spoke up in defense of the nonprofit organizations that been nicked by the county manager’s pen.
Meredith Peffley, the...
County urges low-income seniors to apply for homestead exemption to cut bite of property...
The plight of property taxpayers has been a recurring theme in the debate over Alamance County’s annual budget. But regardless of what, if any,...
Dozens of speakers voice support for ABSS, libraries, other spending priorities during 3-hour public...
Hundreds of people descended on Alamance County’s Historic Court House this week as the county’s board of commissioners invited area residents to add their...
Supporters want “full funding” for ABSS
The board of commissioners also endured the equivalent of a trip to the principal’s office from numerous backers of the Alamance Burlington’s school system.
Robert...
County manager emphasizes her actual recommendations vs. a flat tax option
At the epicenter of Monday’s backlash to the county’s proposed spending plan was a recommended budget that county manager Heidi York had debuted before...
