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🌱 What 11 new DSS hires mean for Alamance Medicaid recipients in 2027

Alamance, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Alamance! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What 11 new DSS hires mean for Alamance Medicaid recipients in 2027
  • Former Graham police clerk charged after SBI probe into timesheets
  • Judge ends Manorfield parking fight, leaving Mebane HOA rules intact

Also on today's calendar: MS Boys Soccer: HOME and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Couple of thunderstorms, with a high of 73 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Sunday: Periods of rain and a t-storm, temps: high: 67, low: 59.
  • Monday: Warmer with decreasing clouds, with a high of 77 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Commissioners OK adding DSS staff ahead of new Medicaid mandates (alamancenews.com) — Alamance County commissioners have unanimously approved 11 new DSS positions so the agency can handle upcoming federal Medicaid work requirements and other eligibility changes without raising local taxes. State supplemental funding will cover the county’s usual share of the added salaries. Residents who rely on Medicaid should expect more verification steps, but officials say processing times are still expected to remain timely.
   

2. Former Graham police clerk arrested, accused of falsifying timesheets, SBI says (abc45.com) — A former Graham Police Department records clerk has been arrested after state investigators say he falsified timesheets between March and June, claiming hours he never worked. The SBI charged Jeffrey Paul Benes with obtaining property by false pretenses; he was booked into the Alamance County Jail on a $10,000 bond and is expected in court next week.
   

3. Visiting judge dismisses long-running lawsuit over parking dispute at Mebane's Manorfield subdivision (alamancenews.com) — A visiting judge has permanently dismissed a long-running lawsuit over parking restrictions in the Manorfield subdivision in Mebane, ending a three-year fight between homeowner James Crandall and the property owners association. After earlier rulings in Alamance County Superior Court removed the city of Mebane from the case, the judge found no genuine factual dispute and ordered each side to cover its own costs. The decision leaves Manorfield’s parking rules in place.
   

4. Georgia man arrested in alleged phone scam posing as Alamance County deputy, police say (abc45.com) — A recent phone scam in Graham involved someone impersonating an Alamance County sheriff’s deputy and demanding money for a relative’s release from the county detention center. A Georgia suspect has been arrested and faces multiple fraud and impersonation charges. Graham police remind Alamance residents that real officers will never call to demand payment and urge anyone targeted to contact law enforcement or file a report online.
   

5. NCDA&CS awards $51.2 million in Farmland Preservation grants in 44 counties (ncagr.gov) — Alamance County farms are among those benefiting from $51.2 million in new Farmland Preservation Trust Fund grants across 44 North Carolina counties. State agriculture leaders say this record investment will help protect working farms and forests through conservation easements and development projects, though they caution that future funding cycles may not be as large.
   

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Other local events
    Monday October 5
  • Ribbon Cutting: Waypoint Wellness Foundation
    Alamance County Chamber-Commerce, 408 S. Spring Street, Burlington
    3:00 pm
    • Wednesday October 7
  • Explore Japan 2027 - Trip Interest Session
    Alamance Chamber Office, 610 S. Lexington Ave., Burlington
    5:30 pm
    • Wednesday October 14
  • Ribbon Cutting: Providence: A Christian Montessori Community
    Alamance County Chamber-Commerce, 2307 Eric Lane, Burlington
    10:00 am
  • MS Boys Soccer: HOME →
    4:00 pm
    • Thursday October 15
  • Economic Summit: AI, Innovation & Regional Competitiveness
    The Inn at Elon, 605 N. O'Kelly Avenue, Elon
    8:00 am
    • Saturday October 24
  • Leaf-Peeping on the Cane Creek Mountains – Bird’s Eye View →
    Cane Creek Mountains Natural Area – Oak Hill Trailhead, 5545 Bass Mountain Rd, Snow Camp
    3:30 pm

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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