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🌱 How will Elon’s new budget and tax hike affect your wallet?

Elon, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Elon! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How will Elon’s new budget and tax hike affect your wallet?
  • How Elon faculty are rethinking teaching for first-year student success.
  • Why Elon’s teacher education just earned an A+ for reading prep.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 100 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 94, low: 69.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, with a high of 95 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Elon town council unanimously adopts budget with 5¢ property tax hike (alamancenews.com) — Elon’s town council has approved a new budget that raises the property tax rate from 35 to 40 cents per $100 of value, adds new waste and utility fees, and brings metered parking to downtown. The plan also funds a future police and town hall building on Orange Drive and grants a 3.5% cost-of-living raise for full-time staff while trimming reliance on reserves.
   

2. Elon research on first-year pedagogies highlights university's commitment to student success (elon.edu) — Elon University faculty and staff have co-authored a national piece outlining a new framework for supporting first-year students through intentional faculty development. Their work highlights how multiple campus offices in Elon collaborate on teaching, advising, and residential programs to better serve students’ academic transitions and promote justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the first college year.
   

3. Elon earns national recognition for preparing future elementary teachers in the science of reading (elon.edu) — Elon University’s elementary education program has earned an A+ from the National Council on Teacher Quality for fully aligning with research-based methods in teaching children to read. The recognition underscores how teacher candidates trained in Elon are mastering all five core components of the science of reading, potentially strengthening early literacy outcomes across North Carolina and beyond.
   

4. These 3 questions will determine LSU football quarterback room in 2026 (houmatoday.com) — A former Elon University standout quarterback, Landen Clark, is now competing for the backup role in LSU’s revamped 2026 quarterback room under new coach Lane Kiffin. The piece breaks down how Clark and fellow transfer Husan Longstreet performed this spring and what they must prove in preseason camp behind projected starter Sam Leavitt.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Does anyone know a GOOD COMPANY that can clean out a crawl space and maybe install a moisture unit?
    I also need NEW ductwork and possibly mold removal. This is for an older home, and the crawl space has never been cleaned, so I’m not sure what’s in… (Nextdoor Gibsonville Elon Ossipee)
  • Panera Bread Company posted a job opening for Team Member in Burlington. Apply here.
  • North Carolina Schools posted a job opening for EC Teacher - General Curriculum (2026-2027) in Burlington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Elon here.

Ok Elon! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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