Construction season begins in Hillsborough; Chapel Hill and Carrboro talk trees (and the clear-cutting thereof); and Dorosin eyes some troubling proposed state constitutional amendments.
Aaron Keck spoke with Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens, Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger, and Carrboro Mayor Lydia Lavelle about budget votes for their respective towns.
Budget season for Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, and Orange County. Lavelle talks Chatham County planning, biking, and baseball. County commissioners consider a new ordinance governing flags (Confederate and otherwise).
A giant Confederate flag is raised on the outskirts of Hillsborough; budget season for Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County; county commissioners consider a novel approach to the affordable-housing issue.
Stevens discusses the State of the Town; Hemminger and Lavelle look ahead to the General Assembly’s upcoming session; and Dorosin talks budgeting (which also requires an eye to the NCGA).
Stevens prepares for his annual “State of the Town” address. Hemminger discusses the removal of trees – and the non-removal of a controversial highway marker. Lavelle joins with El Centro to fight back against recent ICE raids.
Growth, budgets, and fire in Hillsborough; numerous housing issues in Chapel Hill; Carrboro introduces a new communications director; Orange County talks capital improvement.