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State report card (Part 2): ABSS improves graduation rates, but still trails region, state

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The Alamance-Burlington school system’s on-time graduation rate improved at four high schools over the past year and increased by 1.5 percentage points overall –...

Southeast loses hoops duo to TBS

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By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Two key members of Southeast Alamance’s Mid-Carolina Conference championship boys’ basketball team from a season ago have transferred. Donnie...

Southeast edges Southern in wild, high-scoring conference opener

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Southeast, Eastern, Cummings roll up TDs on the way to victories By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Freshman Dorian Cruz scored his first varsity points...

ABSS school board considering whether to use $3.2M state grant for AI surveillance

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Alamance-Burlington school board members are considering launching a state-funded Artificial Intelligence school safety pilot program that had been rejected by another school system over...
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ABSS: Good news, for a change

We’ve had plenty of occasions on this page to critique the poor performance of ABSS schools, administration, and school board over recent years. But this...

Much ado about . . . data centers

Public speakers at last week’s public hearing and the county commissioners to whom they expressed their concerns may have breathed a sigh of relief...

Beware expanding the (Burlington) city council

Another topic which looks to us like a solution in search of a problem to address is the idea embraced by Bur-lington’s city council...

ENOUGH!

This newspaper has covered local governments for the at least the past 69 years. We’ve seen all sorts of combinations of mayors and council members,...

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Graham city councilman wary of mayor’s new committee, link to Democratic campaign contributions

Graham city councilman Jim Young criticized the city’s mayor over a proposed new committee she is organizing outside of the official municipal committees appointed...

New commissioner sworn in

Burlington businessman Sam Powell seemed to be in his element this week when he was formally installed as the newest member of Alamance County’s...

GOP executive committee will determine Paisley replacement; both parties will designate candidates for Nov. ballot for partial term

The death of John Paisley, Jr. has done more than just rob the community of a dedicated civic leader. It has also created a...

New Graham mayor’s tenure gets off to bumpy start

There was a standing room only crowd to witness the swearing in of Graham’s new mayor, Chelsea Dickey, and the departure of the mayor...

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What happened to ABC general mgr.?

QUESTION: What’s behind the departure of Larry Brooks from his role as general manager of the local ABC board and his subsequent appointment to...

The Public Asks: Were county commissioners wrong to attend grassroots event...

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State report card (Part 2): ABSS improves graduation rates, but still...

The Alamance-Burlington school system’s on-time graduation rate improved at four high schools over the past year and increased by 1.5 percentage points overall –...

ABSS school board considering whether to use $3.2M state grant for...

ABSS off state’s list of ‘low performing’ school districts; last year...

Sons of American Revolution names Good Citizenship scholarship award winners

Harvard study finds ABSS third through eighth grade students behind...

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