Manager Blames Post-reval Tax Rate for Current Revenue Crisis
Alamance County’s manager Heidi York insisted that it wasn’t simply bad luck that has led to the financial predicament which she identified in her...
County Residents Put in Their Two Cents Even Before Proposed Budget Is Released
The will of the general public is theoretically the driving force behind every decision made by Alamance County’s top brass. But the public’s role...
Manager’s budget gets mixed verdict from board
Members of the general public weren’t alone in their ambivalence about the proposed budget that county manager Heidi York unfurled on Monday.
Equally mixed was...
Proposed Budget: Spending Down 1.2%; Net Cut in Staff: 47
Alamance County’s manager has unveiled a spending plan that would add 2.25 cents (or nearly 4.6 percent) to the county’s property tax rate to...
Commissioners plead lack of authority to stop controversial rural subdivisions near Saxapahaw
The want of any higher-level, local approval for Alamance County’s rural subdivisions hasn’t discouraged residents from approaching the county’s top brass with their objections...
BREAKING MON. NIGHT: County manager recommends 2.25¢ (nearly 4.6 percent) property tax rate increase
County manager Heidi York presented her proposed county budget for the next fiscal year Monday night – $239.1 million, a 1.2 percent reduction in...
The Public Asks: Were county commissioners wrong to attend grassroots event on contentious subdivisions?
QUESTION: Was it appropriate for three of Alamance County’s five county commissioners to participate in a community meeting that some residents had organized in...
Elon town council OKs mgr.’s 5¢ property tax increase
The financial anxieties of municipal staff members wound up stealing the show on Tuesday when Elon’s town council held a public hearing about the...
Rescue squad seeks special property tax
A stockpile of specialized tools and equipment has made the Alamance County Rescue Unit the go-to resource whenever area residents find themselves in the...
County commissioners OK controversial debris landfill, 4-1
Opponents hint at potential legal challenge
Alamance County’s commissioners have given the all-clear to a controversial plan that local property owner Kenneth Phillippie has...
