Hillsborough: Water + Sewer, Train Station Plans and Banner Updates

While the Town of Hillsborough ended its conservation call for water and sewer customers after flooding damaged and contaminated its treatment plants, the road back to normal operations appears to be long for the small town. Historic rain from Tropical Depression Chantal led to flooding levels not seen for decades in Orange County, with parts […]

The Hillsborough Board of Commissioners recently gave feedback and advanced a potential design for a new north-south greenway: the Ridgewalk.

Hillsborough Mayor Jenn Weaver joins 97.9 The Hill's Brighton McConnell on Tuesday, June 21. She details her experience at a ceremony Friday recognizing civil rights activists from 1947, as well as attending an event on Juneteenth. Plus: Weaver details some of the longer-term projects included in the town's recently-passed annual budget.

Hillsborough Mayor Jenn Weaver joins 97.9 The Hill's Brighton McConnell on Tuesday, December 14, the day after being sworn in again as mayor. She details other highlights from the town commissioners' meeting, which include a step in the town's plans for a train station, and upcoming holiday events.

Hillsborough’s Board of Commissioners recently passed an interlocal agreement to advance a seven-year project of building a train station just outside of downtown. When done, it could bring a passenger line stop to Orange County. The idea of bringing a train station to Hillsborough began years ago when residents who commuted to Greensboro gathered thousands […]

The Town of Hillsborough is asking for residents to continue reducing their water use because of low reservoir levels. The West Fork Eno Reservoir at full capacity can hold 786 million gallons of water, which is enough for an entire year of town use. An expansion project to the West Fork Eno Reservoir, which is […]

The Town of Hillsborough announced Wednesday it has lifted its water withdrawal restriction against drawing from the Eno River. The restriction, implemented in September, was the result of a Stage 1 water shortage when the state saw drier than normal conditions in the late summer and early fall. Hillsborough urges town residents to still voluntary […]

Orange County Sheriff’s Office says it has taken 53-year-old Matthew Jared Vukmer into custody. Vukmer is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of 54-year-old Paula Floyd at Vukmer’s Hillsborough home Friday morning. The sheriff’s office says an investigator working with the U.S. Marshals Carolina Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Capital Area […]

Officers from the Hillsborough Police Department and deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to an attempted armed robbery at a BP service station in Hillsborough Friday. Police say a woman was pumping gas at the station on Cardinal Drive when she noticed a man watching her near the dumpsters. After finishing pumping gas, […]

U.S. Rep. Valerie Foushee's office highlighted recent federal funding secured for the upcoming fiscal year for local governments and utilities in her district, including millions of dollars for projects in Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Pittsboro.