Candidates announce plans for local election
The race for the Republican presidential candidacy has captured the nation’s attention, but residents of Alamance County are preparing for a more local election.
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The race for the Republican presidential candidacy has captured the nation’s attention, but residents of Alamance County are preparing for a more local election.
When Cliff Parker assumes the responsibilites of Town of Elon police chief March 5, he is beginning more than a new job; he is returning home.
The words came from a place of profound understanding, spoken with a quiet assuredness.
The first thing they noticed was the friendliness.
A train struck and killed two persons at 6:48 p.m. Saturday on the tracks near the railroad crossing on South Glen Raven Road, according to a press release from the Burlington police department. The two persons were identified as Lawrence Chadwick Hyde, 23, and Christopher Thomas Isley, 24, both of 1119 N. Park Ave. Burlington.
The owners of Pandora's Pies, located on the corner of North Williamson Avenue and West College Avenue, built a business representative of Elon University and the local community. Students have the opportunity to eat pizza comprised of locally grown ingredients while sitting at a table made from the doors of Elon University's former residence halls.
An Elon University student was robbed at gunpoint at the Bank of America ATM at 110 Williamson St. at 10 p.m. Saturday night, according to an email from Smith Jackson, vice president and dean of Student Life.
Laboratory Corporation of America, the largest private employer in Alamance County, is currently being investigated by the United States Senate for Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
As their beards grew, so did the donations. For the newly clean-shaven brothers of Kappa Sigma at Elon University, No Shave November was a serious endeavor.
Elon University students cram into College Street Tap House, a popular bar just off Elon's campus, several nights a week. While the bar is known to many for its affordable drinks and large stage, underage students know it as the bar where they can consume alcohol without getting caught.
John Peterson took long-time Elon Board of Aldermen member Lawrence Slade's seat in this year's November election. He's been married to his wife, Shannon, for 14 years and has one son, John. He received his undergraduate degree from NC State University and his MBA at Campbell University. Peterson has owned his own business, The Peterson Agency, since 1999 and has lived in Elon for eight years.
Elon students enrolled in the general studies course "The Meaning of Work" hosted an all-day conference Thursday on the way labor defines identity in American society. The conference featured a documentary about unemployment made by students in the course, a panel discussion and presentations on the students' work.
Even the owners of 114 N. Main St. in Graham are unclear as to whether they run an orangeade shop that happens to sell paint-your-own pottery or a paint-your-own pottery shop that sells orangeade.
More than 20 years after graduating from then–Elon College, Greg Holland continues to be surrounded by students on a daily basis. But it isn't college students he's interacting with, it's the students at Western Middle School, where Holland was recently appointed principal.
The four candidates were whittled down to three aldermen.
Village of Alamance Mayor Cathera Bundren
The wait is almost over for residents of the town of Elon who want to purchase liquor by the drink without traveling to nearby cities. In a referendum on Tuesday's Nov. 8 ballot, constituents voted to pass a mixed beverage law that will allow for the sale of liquor at bars and restaurants in Elon, a change that will go into effect in January.
The four candidates were whittled down to three aldermen.
The Alamance-Burlington School System will soon stop being an orange.