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Graham, North Carolina · GrahamBy Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News It will be easier to win team state championships for many schools based on the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s playoff format for the new eight-classification set-up. Starting for the next school year, there will be 48-team brackets for Class 1-A through Class 7-A along with 24-team brackets for Class 8-A, which is limited to 32 schools. With the new structure capping each classificat…See the Story
School officials react to NCHSAA playoff plan
NFL · GrahamBy Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News An NFL kicker is sponsoring a free football camp that has been dubbed a “Karty Party” on April 12 at Western Alamance. Western alum Joshua Karty recently completed his rookie season with the Los Angeles Rams. The invitation to attend is extended to students interested in football in grades 1-12 from all schools in Alamance County. “Just always knew I was going to do it if I made it to the (NFL),” Karty …See the Story
NFL kicker plans ‘Karty Party’ at Western
Graham, North Carolina · GrahamThe largest single item in the Alamance-Burlington school system’s county budget request for the 2025-26 fiscal year is a total of $19.5 million in annual funding for building maintenance and big-ticket projects such as roof replacements, HVAC renovations, “security vestibules,” and security cameras throughout all ABSS facilities (see related story, this edition). See story on ABSS’ $78.6 million budget request: https://alamancenews.com/school-b…See the Story
ABSS seeking $19.5M in county capital funding for facilities projects
Graham, North Carolina · GrahamBy Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Southern Alamance graduate Greta Hessenthaler added to her string of offensive success and Elon teammate Gabi Schaal smacked a game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Phoenix defeated visiting East Carolina 8-7 in non-conference college softball Tuesday at Hunt Softball Park. Elon’s Greta Hessenthaler Hessenthaler went 2-for-4 to boost her team-leading batting average to…See the Story
Elon wins softball game in dramatic fashion vs. ECU
Graham, North Carolina · GrahamDrivers who pass through one Elon neighborhood may quite literally end up seeing red under an anti-speeding proposal that a group of concerned residents has pitched to the town’s elected leaders. A trio of homeowners from the Cable Square subdivision ultimately approached Elon’s town council on Monday to request a series of all-way stop signs along the neighborhood’s two primary thoroughfares to prevent drivers from exceeding the posted 20-mile-…See the Story
Residents of Elon subdivision seek stop signs to discourage speeding
Graham, North Carolina · GrahamA majority of Elon’s town council has given the all-clear to a Wake County developer’s plans for a mixed-use project at the southwest corner of North Williamson Avenue and University Drive. Known as “Parc Village,” this 50-acre mixed use development is the third venture that Raleigh-based GreenHawk Development has been authorized to construct at this increasingly bustling road crossing on Elon’s northern periphery. GreenHawk’s representatives ha…See the Story
Council OKs Parc Village over protests from mayor pro tem over driveway lengths
Graham, North Carolina · GrahamSome potential new rules for shooting ranges have emerged in the latest round of revisions that a consultant for the city of Burlington has proposed to the city’s five-and-half-year-old unified development ordinance. Chad Meadows, who oversaw the ordinance’s creation in 2019, toted these proposed amendments on Monday when appeared before Burlington’s planning and zoning commission at its latest monthly meeting. During his presentation to the com…See the Story
Proposed shooting range standards trigger concerns for Burlington’s planning board
Property · GrahamA piece of property that LabCorp owns off of Elon’s South Williamson Avenue has wound up in the sights of Elon’s town council as its members cast about for a possible place to relocate their town hall and municipal police station. The council formally directed Elon’s town manager to make overtures to the biomedical testing firm regarding this parcel following an hour-long closed session that capped off a regularly-scheduled meeting on Monday. Un…See the Story
