Chapelboro.com is re-publishing some of the top stories that impacted our community in 2019. These were stories that affected Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the rest of our local area.

2019 was a historic year for elections in Orange County.

In Hillsborough, Tom Stevens stepped down as mayor after serving for 14 years. Jenn Weaver was elected as the first female mayor in town history.

In Chapel Hill, UNC-Chapel Hill senior Tai Huynh won the final seat on the Chapel Hill Town Council by a margin of 24 votes.

Read our stories from Hillsborough and Chapel Hill here:

Hillsborough welcomed a new mayor while re-electing all three incumbents to the town’s Board of Commissioners on Tuesday.

Hillsborough residents elected Jenn Weaver as their new mayor on Tuesday night, as she ran unopposed for the position. The former commissioner will replace long-time mayor Tom Stevens, who decided not to run for re-election after 14 years in office.

The Board of Commissioners race had three seats open for election on Tuesday. Incumbents Mark Bell, Matt Hughes, and Evelyn Lloyd reclaimed their positions. Hughes finished with the most votes at 30.3 percent. Bell and Lloyd finished with 28.5 percent and 28.1 percent, respectively. Kevin Mason, the lone challenger, finished with 12.3 percent of the vote.

Lloyd, who has served on the town’s Board of Commissioners for 28 years, will serve her eighth term, with Bell serving his second. Hughes will serve his first elected term after being appointed in 2018 to replace a vacancy on the board.

Continue reading about Hillsborough’s elections.

UNC senior Tai Huynh held a 24-vote lead over incumbent Nancy Oates in the race for the final Chapel Hill Town Council seat up for election after a recount was conducted in Orange and Durham counties on Thursday.

Huynh held the lead after Election Night and the certification process, but Oates requested the recount shortly after the numbers were certified by the county and sent to the state.

Huynh maintained a two-vote lead in Orange County after the recount, although Huynh and Oates both lost one vote in the process. Durham County officials said there were no changes in results after Thursday night’s recount for the two Chapel Hill precincts in Durham County.

All other races across Orange County have been settled since the vote in early November, leaving just the final seat on the Chapel Hill Town Council undecided.

Continue reading about Chapel Hill’s elections.

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