The latest from Hillsborough:

In August, the town’s Historic District Commission denied a request from Colonial Inn owner Francis Henry for the right to demolish the 176-year-old property – but Henry has now appealed that decision to the town’s Board of Adjustment, which will examine the case and issue a ruling at a later date. (The Board will be ruling on procedural grounds: did the HDC follow proper procedure when it made its decision?) The BOA’s next meeting is October 8.

Concerns about police militarization continue to swell, locally and nationally, particularly in the wake of recent events in Ferguson, Missouri. Earlier this month, Hillsborough police chief Duane Hampton provided a public update on the state of his department, with respect to both military-surplus equipment and community-police relations.

And on Saturday, October 11, the town will officially mark the grand opening of the much-anticipated Riverwalk trail with a ceremony and a public celebration. Riverwalk is part of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, which runs across the state; earlier this month, the Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail met in Hillsborough for a “Trail Town Conference.”

Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens spoke on air with WCHL’s Aaron Keck about Riverwalk…

 

…and about the militarization issue, as well as the latest developments in the Colonial Inn saga. (He also talked about the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce’s upcoming Inter-City Visit to Athens, Georgia, which he’ll be attending.)