WHAT: Public comment on proposed monument at Margaret Lane Cemetery
WHEN: Through June 1, 2010
HOW: By e-mail to Public Works Supervisor Ken Hines or by postal mail to Town of Hillsborough, Attn.: Public Works Supervisor Ken Hines, PO Box 429, Hillsborough, NC 27278
WHAT: Monthly work sessions to rewrite development ordinances. The public is invited to help.
WHEN: 5 to 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month, June-August. May's session will be May 11. Sessions on topics of broad interest will be 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tentative schedule is below.
WHERE: Town Barn, located on the Town Hall campus, 101 E. Orange St.
The Town of Hillsborough has accepted a bid of $144,269.50 from White Oak Construction of New Hill for construction of a sidewalk and other improvements on Margaret Lane.
White Oak was the lowest responsible bidder of eight proposals received on April 1. Two bids were not accepted due to a lack of appropriate licenses for road work.
Hillsborough Town Manager Eric Peterson is nearing the end of an investigation regarding improper recordkeeping in the Police Department’s CALEA accreditation process.
The investigation has revealed that department staff backdated documents created to demonstrate compliance with various CALEA standards.
“No indications of any problems regarding criminal record keeping and felony prosecution files have been found,” the town manager said.
A commander within the Hillsborough Police Department will serve as acting police chief when the current chief steps down, Hillsborough’s town manager announced today.
Effective at 5:01 p.m. April 2, Lt. Davis Trimmer will assume command of the Police Department until a permanent replacement is hired. Chief Clarence Birkhead, Hillsborough’s police chief for almost five years, will step down at 5 p.m.
Hillsborough Police Chief Clarence Birkhead will step down as the Police Department’s head on April 2.
“As you know, I am a candidate for sheriff of Orange County,” the police chief stated in his resignation letter. “I feel that I should devote all of my energies to my campaign. Under the circumstances, I feel it is best for the Town of Hillsborough and my campaign to step down.”
A southern red oak has earned the distinction of the Town of Hillsborough’s first Treasure Tree.
The southern red oak (Quercus falcata) is on an empty lot at 406 W. Hill Ave. S. It is “remarkable because of its beautiful, open structure and unusually wide canopy,” wrote arborist Chip Hildreth, a member of the Hillsborough Tree Board.
The Hillsborough Tree Board is on a mission to get people to stop topping crape myrtles and other trees.
