How best to start Mebane council meetings: moment of silence or prayer? David White:...
By MEBANE RESIDENT DAVID WHITE,
COMMENTS MADE DURING JANUARY 3, 2022 MEBANE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
My purpose tonight is not simply to speak on...
How best to start Mebane council meetings: moment of silence or prayer? Patty Philipps:...
By MEBANE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PATTY PHILIPPS,
COMMENTS MADE DURING JANUARY 3, 2022 MEBANE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
The summary of the current legal opinions...
Good news of great joy
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to...
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE...
Personal Reflections on the loss of Jeanne Swanner Robertson
This newspaper joins in mourning the sudden death of Jeanne Swanner Robertson, who died at her Burlington home this week at age 77.
Jeanne –...
Reader applauds pay raises for sheriff’s officers
Dear Editor:
I read with interest the recent article entitled, “Sheriff offers grim stats on turnover to prime the pump for proposed raises” .
See original...
Clarification & Apology – for coverage in March 25, 2021 edition
In the March 25, 2021 edition of the newspaper, a story entitled “Protester who was found not guilty of Sept. charge found guilty of...
OP-ED: Powell asks Graham city council to keep park’s name as is
by: Samuel C. Powell, Ph.D., former chairman of
Alamance County's Sesquicentennial Committee in 1999
. . . It is important for us all to feel...
From The Washington Post: A North Carolina judge is blocking journalists from his...
The judge has given no reason for the order in a county wracked by racial justice protests. That’s causing concern for transparency advocates.
By Elahe...
From amicus curiae brief: Depriving a journalist of his opportunity to object to ...
Mr. Boney sought to attend the sentencing as a surrogate of the public, in order to assert his constitutional right to be present in...
