Hillsborough Mayor Jenn Weaver joins 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell and shares more about Orange County’s incoming indoor mask mandate on Tuesday, August 10. She details why this step is being taken now amid a renewed spread of COVID-19. Plus: the Town of Hillsborough renames a community center after a local leader.

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