Altamahaw-Ossipee News

The Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary Girls Running Club's participation in the Eve Carson Memorial 5K Race for Education in Chapel Hill included a first-place victory for one team member.

Megan Thomas has wanted to help girls get in shape since she started teaching. Last year she did something about it - she started the A.O. Girls Running Club at Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary School.

The Redknights Chapter No. 7 is hosting a toy run this Sunday to collect toys for needy children for Christmas.

One of the most precious gifts in life is a happy childhood. Unfortunately, far too often, sickness strikes young lives and wreaks havoc in this otherwise carefree time of life.

Art doesn't have to be confined to walls; it can be worn on your feet, too. Diane Coltrane will be one of 28 participating artists to have her work on display during Tyler D Studios' Artists and Art Associates' artists reception from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the studio on 3119-B Lear Drive, Burlington .

The gospel group, "Called Out" will be at Rock Creek UMC, Mt. Hermon-Rock Creek Road, Snow Camp, on Sunday, Sept.

Two new assistant principals for Western Alamance High School were approved this week by the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education.

Twenty-six schools in the Alamance-Burlington system met the state's student achievement growth expectations for 2008-09, according to information released this morning by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.

Alexander Wilson: Made expected growth but not high growth and is a School of Progress.

Twenty-six schools in the Alamance-Burlington system met the state's student achievement growth expectations for 2008-09, according to information released this morning by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.

The North Carolina House and Senate Democrats worked out a tentative budget agreement on Friday, nearly a month after the July 1 fiscal year began.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans monthly meeting will be held Monday at the K&W Cafeteria beginning at 7 p.m. The program will be on S.D. Lee's Charge to the United Confederate Veterans at their first meeting in New Orleans in 1906.

The Rainey Family Reunion will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at Kerr's Chapel Baptist Church, Elon.

Canoeists and kayakers now have yet another spot to access the Haw River. The Altamahaw Paddle Access, just off N.C. 87 north of the Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary School, opened recently.

Twenty-two schools in the Alamance-Burlington School System made adequate yearly progress for 2008-09 as defined by federal No Child Left Behind standards.

Two more Alamance County residents have the H1N1 flu virus, which state health officials say is now the "predominant strain circulating in North Carolina." The state Division of Public Health notified the county Health Department on Wednesday that laboratory results confirmed the two new local cases, department spokesman Eric Nickens Jr.

The Alamance County Health Department was notified Wednesday of two new confirmed cases of residents with the H1N1 virus.