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- We want Pan Am extension, too
Hamilton gets a two-week extension to find a Pan Am venue. Why can't Burlington be given the same? That's the question the Burlington Youth Soccer Club has for the Pan Am corporation and city politicians.
- No body found, but still a guilty verdict
A sassy bartender with a no-nonsense country drawl. A tattooed ex-con with disdain for authority.
- 4-H collecting food for the hungry
To combat hunger, state and local 4-H members and the Food Banks of North Carolina are teaming up for a "Hungry to Help" initiative.
- NC woman found months after death, son charged
A North Carolina man is in jail after investigators say he hid the death of his elderly mother for months until a maintenance worker discovered the corpse on her couch.
- Greg Little played basketball at UNC
When will the folks in Chapel Hill learn to stop talking? Many, many followers of the UNC football scandal have been wondering about potential spillover to other athletic programs at UNC - specifically the sacred UNC basketball program.
- Sports Radio 810 WHB
No surprise here: Third baseman Mike Moustakas was named the George Brett Hitter of the Year in the Royals' Minor League organization.
- Man, 34, Charged With Exploitation Of Minor
A 34-year-old Alamance County man has been charged with sex crimes after deputies initiated an investigation last February.
- Burlington Man Charged With Concealing Mother's Death
Police have charged a Burlington man with hiding the death of his mother. Don Lee Wade is charged with Concealment of Death after admitting to investigators that he was aware of his mother's death since March 2010 and did nothing about it.
- Construction work will limit access to Trail One
Access to Trail One in Burlington will be limited for three weeks. The state Department of Transportation announced that access to the south side of Trail One will be prohibited beginning Wednesday until Sept.
- Russell, owner of B. Christopher's, takes over at Lighthouse Tavern in Elon
Lighthouse Tavern will soon reopen under new management after local business owner Chris Russell recently agreed to run the business, which is near Elon University's campus.
- Man arrested after mother's body found in house
Authorities have arrested a North Carolina man on charges that he kept the body of his 94-year-old mother in a house for nearly six months.
- The Alamance Scene: teen theatre and the AARP
The Alamance Partnership for Children will meet at noon Sept. 8 at the old Glencoe Mill, 2322 River Road, Building 102, Burlington.
- Man accused in bingo hall shooting stands trial
Attorneys selected a jury Monday in the trial of the man accused of opening fire inside a Burlington VFW post last July.
- Knee injury shouldn't stop you from working
Q: I hurt my knee playing soccer a week ago and I am in a soft cast for a couple of weeks.
- Two charged with vehicle break-ins
Two people were charged Sunday in multiple vehicle break-ins. Burlington police charged Dillon Wayne Scott, 16, of Wheel Road, Reidsville, with 14 counts of breaking and entering a vehicle, 10 counts of misdemeanor larceny, breaking and entering, felony larceny and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
- 'Want to go draggin' Main?'
In the mid-1980s, Chucky Catlett and his girlfriend used to cruise up and down Main Street in Burlington in his 1971 Monte Carlo.
- Sulek-Dixon
Michelle Sulek and Adam Dixon were married at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, at Front Street United Methodist Church, Burlington.
- Woman wants to change N.C. high school name to Obama High
A woman who wants to re-name Western Alamance High School and Western Middle School for President Barack Obama returned to an Alamance-Burlington Board of Education meeting last week.
- Burlington Police Investigate Early Morning Shooting
Police say they have arrested the man believed to have shot a Mebane man on Sharpe Road Sunday morning.
City DescriptionBurlington is a city in Alamance county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the principal city of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Alamance County, in which most of the city is located. The population was 44,917 at the 2000 census. According to Census estimates, the city population in 2008 was 50,857, and the Metropolitan Statistical Area population was nearly 150,000 in 2008. The city hosts the Burlington Royals baseball club of the Appalachian League. Burlington is part of the Piedmont Triad region of the state. Burlington is home to the Burlington Athletic Stadium where scenes from the movie Bull Durham were filmed.
LabCorp, one of the largest clinical laboratory companies in the world, has its headquarters and several testing facilities in Burlington. LabCorp is Alamance County's largest employer, employing over 3,000 people in the county.
Honda Aero, a subsidiary of Honda, recently announced that it will move its corporate headquarters to Burlington and build a $27 million plant at the Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport where it will build its HF120 jet engines for use in very light jets.
Biscuitville, a regional ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Alamance County
- North Carolina
City Contains:- Atlantic Bank and Trust Company Building
- Menagerie Carousel
- US Post Office
Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
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