Latest Alamance County, North Carolina Stories
LEESBURG, Va., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnilert, LLC today announced the release of the tool that allows multiple emergency communication actions to sequentially deploy with predefined scenarios, making emergency response quicker, easier and more effective. With Scenario Manager, client administrators can build multiple unique actions including initiating an outbound conference call, sending different messages to different groups with different endpoints, or even requesting...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- IntraHealth International is launching SwitchPoint, an annual conference, retreat and benefit concert, in Saxapahaw, North Carolina, on April 20. The conference will assemble industry leaders and representatives from more than 20 countries to focus on how the latest inventions, entrepreneurial ideas and real-world experiences can be applied to address global health challenges. Michael Tiemann, Red Hat's vice president...
BURLINGTON, Wash., May 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Outlet Shoppes at Burlington is excited to announce that they have installed Level II chargers for electrical vehicles. Electric vehicle drivers will be able to top off their batteries while shopping at dozens of stores. The shopping center is the first business in Burlington, WA to install the chargers. This new service complements the state's role in the West Coast Green Highway partnership, a three-state effort to develop...
BURLINGTON -- Mr. Gene Alfred Snipes, 55, of 5558 Byrd Road, passed away Friday, August 22, 2008. Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, August 26, at Allen's Chapel Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Alamance Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements. (c) 2008 Greensboro News Record. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.
TELEPHONE AT&T, formerly BellSouth, is a large provider in the Piedmont Triad for local residential service, covering Greensboro, Winston- Salem and Burlington. (888) 757-6500, www.att.com North State Communications provides telephone service for High Point and neighboring towns. 886-3720, www.northstate.net Embarq, formerly Sprint, also offers service in several towns, largely in Rockingham County and rural Guilford County. (866) 304- 6820, www.embarq.com MebTel Communications provides...
By Staff and Wire Reports GIBSONVILLE -- Parents, alumni and other school supporters are invited to a meeting Monday at Eastern Guilford High School that will cover the construction of the new school. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. in the media center, 415 Peeden Drive. Principal Travis Reeves will seek input on the redesign of the school seal and the future dedication ceremony. Guilford County Schools had to rebuild Eastern after the original school was destroyed by fire in...
By JOHN NEWSOM SAXAPAHAW -- Fridays in Saxapahaw are pretty much like the other four days of the week. Residents of an old-cotton-mill-turned- apartments make the daily round trek to Durham or Greensboro. The Citgo station at the top of the hill sells gas. And the Haw River burbles over the rocks below the bridge that connects the town. On Saturdays in Saxapahaw, the joint is jumpin'. Farmers roll into town with their crops, a band cranks up some seriously old- school music, and kids slip...
By Staff Reports The Alamance County Democratic Party Hot Dog and Ice Cream Social is from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Amanda Point on Harper Trail in Burlington. Local and state Democratic candidates will attend. Musical entertainment will be provided by Larry Vellani and the band Mebanesville. Tickets are $10 for adults; 12 and younger, free. Information: 226-5005 or alamancedemocrats.org -- Staff Report (c) 2008 Greensboro News Record. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.
By Mike Wilder, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Aug. 6--Diane Hill has only been on the job as principal at Woodlawn Middle School since early July. But Hill is already well-known in the area, since she's been an assistant principal at next-door Eastern Alamance High School for the last four years. With students returning to school for the start of the 2008-09 year in less than three weeks, the Times-News interviewed Hill on Tuesday to help people learn more about her background and...
By Mike Wilder, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Jul. 31--The Alamance-Burlington School System, backed by the U.S. Department of Justice, asked a federal judge to rule that the system has fulfilled its obligation to desegregate local schools. The school system and Justice Department made the request during a federal court hearing Wednesday morning in Winston-Salem. Ann Majestic, an attorney for the school system, said it has made efforts since the 1970s to have racially balanced schools....
