Mebane News

Asheville history columnist Rob Neufeld on Arts & Crafts collectors at the Grove Park Inn and a mysterious crime of the past in Riceville Fred Seely, Grove Park Inn CEO, drives the lead car in a party staying at the hotel in its opening year, 1913.

The father of a 19-year-old Efland girl who was killed in a wreck Saturday remembers his daughter as a young woman with a smile on her face, even when her world was full of tragedy.

The billboards are part of an initiative led by Raleigh-based Uniting NC to put a human face on immigration and change negative rhetoric that has been part of public discussion, Uniting NC Director Kristen Collins said.

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is offering patrons a chance to find out why oysterscatchers have long, sharp bills, or why a kind of African wild cat has such long legs.

Burlington City Councilman Stephen M. Ross will run as a Republican candidate for the N.C. House of Representatives District 63 seat.

BY BETH VELLIQUETTE bvelliquette@heraldsun.com; 419-6632 HILLSBOROUGH - Hillsborough resident Renee Price has announced that she plans to run for a seat on the Orange County Board of County Commissioners.

A new shopping center for our city? Great. That is the best news I have heard lately for High Point.

J. Patrick Murphy will perform an organ concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Mebane Presbyterian Church, 402 S. Fifth St.

Cole was first elected to the school board in 2004 and was re-elected in 2008. She has been the board's chairwoman since 2009.

These days cities are too hot for gang members to flourish, said Sgt. Brandon Jones of the Alamance County Sheriff's Office, who is also part of the recently re-formed City-County Gang Task Force.

New board members include, Rick Davenport, president of construction at Samet Corp., The company was a key element in developing the North Carolina Industrial Center in Mebane .

In its quest to let the world know that Orange County , N.C., is open for business, its economic development office has launched a redesigned website called Grow in Orange NC.

Philipps made her plans official Thursday morning during a gathering of supporters at the Captain James White House in Graham.

The following have been charged with driving while impaired. A registration of .08 or higher on the Intox EC/IR II results in an automatic 30-day revocation of a driver's license.

A new telephone program designed to provide reassurance to seniors living alone and disabled adults is now available to the public.

Ashley Denise Garner and John Alexander Scott were married at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

When Rhiannon Giddens sang mezzo soprano last year she wore a long gown so people wouldn't see her in her bare feet.

Administrative Consumer Service Represen Consumer Service Representative Welcome Finance Co.

Technical Trades Part Time Maintenance Part-Time Maintenance Technician Cogdell Spencer Inc.

The ability to make local calls using plain, 7-digit numbers in the current 919 area code will end March 30, 2012.