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🌱 Why a delayed land swap is holding up Mebane’s new ambulance base

Mebane, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hey there, Mebane! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why a delayed land swap is holding up Mebane’s new ambulance base
  • How Mebane’s new budget funds a fire station without raising taxes
  • When Mebane’s giant new Buc-ee’s is expected to open

Also on today's calendar: Downtown Mebane Treasure Hunt - Hosted at Bright Penny Brewing! and 3 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Sweltering heat, with a high of 99 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 94, low: 69.
  • Sunday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 95 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. County closes on former bank branch in Graham, still waiting to finalize land swap in Mebane (alamancenews.com) — Alamance County’s long-planned land swap to build a new ambulance base serving Mebane is still stalled while developer Koury Corporation finalizes its purchase of a key NC 119 parcel. County officials say the deal could close by the end of June, unlocking the EMS project. Meanwhile, the county has completed a separate purchase of a historic Graham home for the visitors bureau.
   

2. Positively Mebane: Budgets, Juneteenth, and the Fourth of July (chapelboro.com) — Mebane’s new 2027 city budget is set, funding a much-needed fire station from savings so there’s no immediate tax hike, though future increases are possible. You’ll also find details on this Saturday’s Juneteenth celebration and the city’s July 4th festivities, from the Village Band’s morning performance to fireworks at the Mebane Arts & Community Center.
   

3. The Morning News: Buc-ee's Groundbreaking, Orange County Fire, Surplus Sid's Sign Returned, UNC Baseball in Omaha (chapelboro.com) — A huge Buc-ee’s gas station is coming to Mebane, with construction underway and an opening targeted for November 2027. The same news roundup also covers an Orange County power-knocking fire, OWASA’s budget hearing, the return of Surplus Sid’s sign, local Juneteenth plans, and UNC and Hurricanes sports updates.
   

4. Behind closed doors for almost 2 hours, Graham council emerges to give $24K, 12 percent, raise to city manager (alamancenews.com) — Graham’s city manager received a 12 percent raise after nearly two hours of closed-door deliberations, a move that could influence how the city manages shared issues with neighboring Mebane. A planned discussion of the lawsuit between the two cities was pulled from the closed-session agenda, leaving only the performance review that boosted the manager’s pay to more than $237,000 with COLA.
   

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  • Is Old Hillsborough Rd.
    closed and if so what is an alternate route to get to 119 other that back to Mebane? (Nextdoor Burkewood)
  • ABB Group posted a job opening for Manufacturing Production Operator-Smart Power 2nd shift in Mebane. Apply here.
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-- 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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