Haw River News

Several new faces were among the 15 candidates who threw their hats into the ring during Monday's first day of filing for municipal races across Alamance County.

It may not be long before there is more going on at Alamance Community College than classes, tutoring and job-related training.

The Burlington Farmers' Market, which held the first of its planned annual cookouts Sunday, will continue to offer special activities from 1 to 5 p.m. each Sunday through October.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to computer-related problems, the weekly Ups and Downs column was not available for Saturday's edition of the Times-News. It will return to its normal spot next week.

Visitors to Alamance County spent more than $140.8 million in 2007, a 7.2 percent jump over 2006, according to the latest figures from the Burlington/Alamance County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Manbites Dog Theatre - When you were a child, if your parents ever tried to dissuade you from playing in the washing machine by graphically describing to you all the ways you could die and what it would be like while you died, you might not want to attend the North Carolina premiere of Jason Stuart's play Washing Machine .

Burlington police detective Pat Ingram isn't afraid of work. From the moment the Haw River native tossed his first newspaper onto a doorstep at age 14, he was hooked.

At age 101, Grace Furman has been an eyewitness to a lot of North Carolina history.

To say Clifton Graves has his hands full is an understatement. Driving a city-owned Ford Taurus and armed with a binder of legal pads and complaint descriptions, he trolls the streets day in and day out, looking for - and usually finding - the biggest eyesores in Burlington.

The state Senate has signed off on a modified version of the Jordan Lake rules that a Burlington city official says will give officials more time and flexibility to comply with the rules than the more-stringent rules approved last year by state officials.

After receiving information from the Asheboro Police Department, Alamance County Sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant at a house in Haw River and charged a man with multiple drug crimes.

Jordan Lake zoning dispute put on hold; chairman recuses self BY RAY GRONBERG : The Herald-Sun Jun 11, 2009 DURHAM -- The Durham Planning Commission this week postponed for two months the opening of its debate on the Jordan Lake zoning dispute, to give activists from the Haw River Assembly time to submit the results of another survey of the lake's ...

Dan Ingle's selection as Alamance County's next District 64 state representative creates some intriguing possibilities for the Alamance County Board of Commissioners.

A house on Dickey Road was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning after a pickup truck crashed into the living room and blew up.

Democratic Headquarters, at 122A N. Main St., Burlington, will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Saturday during June.

As a child, do you remember dreaming about what you wanted to be when you grew up? Was it a teacher, doctor or lawyer? Or did you want to be a famous movie star? For recent college graduates, the economy and depressed job market is making it hard for alumni to get to where they want to be career-wise. Ten years ago, a college degree was all you ...

Burlington police are searching for a man who used a handgun to rob the North Church Street Domino's Pizza location Tuesday.

Graham developer Dennis Euliss has donated about 12.5 acres alongside the Challenge Golf Course for the Haw River Trail.

A Mebane man has been charged with trafficking Ecstasy, among other drug charges, Alamance County Sheriff's Department spokesman Randy Jones said.

A Mebane man was charged Monday with trafficking ecstasy. The Alamance County Sheriff's Department, the City-County Gang Task Force, Burlington and Mebane police departments conducted a joint drug investigation on Wilkins Roads in Haw River, according to a sheriff's department news release.