Burlington Christian Academy’s principal spent some time on the school’s roof two weeks ago after the school’s students met her challenge for time spent reading.
The school has a March Madness Reading Challenge every year. This year, Principal Andrea Pike challenged them to spend a combined total of 150,000 minutes of free reading time at home March 8-22 and said she would sit on the roof of the gym if they did it.
The students read for 172,742 minutes.
On April 15 a bucket truck lifted Pike to the roof, where she stayed from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
BURLINGTON — The 33rd annual Burlington Carousel Festival is Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5, at City Park, 1388 Main St.
The festival celebrates Burlington’s historic, hand-carved Dentzel carousel with live music, food trucks, a beer garden, an artisan market and a park full of kid and family activities.
Saturday’s hours will be 10 a.m.-6 p.m., followed by a concert by Chase Bryant from 6-8 p.m. Hours on Sunday will be from noon-5 p.m.
Amusement rides are free all weekend for the festival. For information on height restrictions for rides, visit www.BurlingtonNC.gov/CityPark.
Other activities include inflatables, a climbing wall, an obstacle course, face painting, a butterfly tent, gem mining and sand art.
For the adults, there’s a beer garden at the main stage featuring Burlington Beer Works, Forgotten Road Ales and Tanners Wine Bar. A wide variety of food trucks and fair food round out the food and beverage options.
The festival’s artisan market brings together over 70 vendors specializing in a range of arts, crafts and products. The Mallers and Crawlers Jeep adventure area will be returning with over 70 Jeeps on display each day.
Musical performances in addition to the Saturday night headliner concert will be by Sweet T and the Biscuits, Alamance Jazz Band, Kimber and Kompany, Jordan Pickett, Jukebox Revolver, the Castaways and the Phoebes Band.
Live performances on the Thataways stage will be by Studio 1 Community Theater, Center of Performing Arts, IAMM Dance, Burlington Dance Center, Amber’s House of Dance, Alamance Fine Arts Academy and Miss Kim’s Dance and Arts.
Link Transit will operate a free shuttle from the South Spring Street and North Worth Street municipal parking lots in downtown Burlington. It will run continuous trips from 10 a.m.-7:45 p.m. on Saturday and from noon-5:15 p.m. on Sunday.
For more information, visit www.BurlingtonNC.gov/CarouselFestival.
BURLINGTON — Police were looking on Monday for a Burlington man believed to be the person who shot a man several times on Saturday, police said.
Marche McCoy, 38, was wanted on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, the Burlington Police Department said.
The shooting in the 1800 block of Harris Street was reported about 1:45 p.m., the Burlington Police Department said.
Officers arrived to find that a 33-year-old man had multiple gunshot wounds.
The man, whose name was not released, was taken to a local hospital, police said. He was in stable condition on Monday.
No information about the severity of the man’s injuries was released, and police said they did not know what his condition was.
Detectives believe that McCoy and the man who was shot knew each other and that the shooting was not a random act.
No other information about the circumstances surrounding the shooting was released.
The investigation is ongoing, and the Burlington Police Department said investigators do not think there is an ongoing threat to the community.
Investigators ask that anyone with information call the Burlington Police Department at (336) 229-3500.
For anonymous methods, call Alamance County Crimestoppers at (336) 229-7100 or use the mobile app P3 Tips. Tips provided through Crimestoppers may be eligible for cash rewards.