Elon town council narrowly rejects even higher property tax rate for next budget
Council defeats motion for 7¢ tax rate hike, rather than 5¢ recommended by town manager
A bare majority of Elon’s town council has tentatively...
Local robotics team to compete in World Championships
Students from 12 Alamance County schools who are part of a robotics team based in Burlington will head to Houston, Texas to compete in...
Rising stars: sheriff makes two significant promotions
For nearly a quarter of a century, the office of Alamance County’s sheriff has been under the command of Terry S. Johnson, a 76-year-old...
Elon councilman feels town should ramp up property tax hike in order to beat...
The looming threat of state-level restrictions on local property tax hikes has thrown Elon’s municipal leaders into a frenzy of brainstorming as they struggle...
This Western Alamance alum helps lead Savannah Bananas
Savannah Bananas possibly baseball's equivalent of Harlem Globetrotters; they're in Chapel Hill this weekend
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
When Jared Orton became part...
Mebane council postpones park land purchases discussion until today (Thurs.); are they competing with...
$2.9M for two parks would use up special fund; Mebane could be heading for 2¢ property tax hike
What started out as a rambling discussion...
Burlington planning board to consider newest rezoning request – O&I in western part of...
A number of potential new projects have begun to percolate inside the bounds of an industrial park that lies on the westernmost fringes of...
Why does city of Burlington patronize privately-owned stump dump?
QUESTION: Why does the city of Burlington use the privately-owned Phillippie Landfill to dispose of tree limbs and other debris that are also accepted...
Newest (third) Sesquicentennial Park relocation design gets 3-2 council approval
Graham’s city council voted 3-2 Tuesday to adopt the latest plan for relocating the Sesquicentennial Park from its current location on the northwest corner...
Semi-annual library book sale begins Friday
Angela Oertel (cover photo) together with Kay Andrews and Emily Hackney (below) shelve some late-coming donations as the Friends of the Alamance County Libraries...
