General Interest Press Release

NOTE: The following information was released by Healthy Carolinians of Orange County. For more information, contact: Healthy Carolinians Coordinator Nidhi Sachdeva in the Orange County Health Department at (919) 245-2440 or nsachdeva@co.orange.nc.us.

The Orange County Health Department and Healthy Carolinians of Orange County has released the completed 2011 Orange County Community Health Assessment report.

Note: The following information was released by Orange County Animal Services. For more information, call 919-968-2287.

A skunk found in Hillsborough has been confirmed as Orange County’s fourth positive rabies case this year.

NOTE: The following information was released by the Orange County Solid Waste Management Department. For more information, call 968-2788 or e-mail recycling@co.orange.nc.us.
 

Due to excessive contamination levels — sometimes exceeding 50 percent — Orange County Solid Waste Management has permanently removed the large, purple roll-off bins for recycling rigid plastics from four unstaffed recycling sites.

NOTE: The following information was released by the Orange County Solid Waste Management Department. For more information, call 968-2788 or e-mail recycling@co.orange.nc.us.
 
The operating hours at Orange County’s five solid waste convenience centers have changed in response to citizen requests for expanded weekend hours.
 

NOTE: The following information was released from the Orange County Solid Waste Management Department. For more information, call 968-2788 or e-mail recycling@co.orange.nc.us

Computer equipment and televisions will be banned from disposal in N.C. landfills as of July 1.

NOTE: The following was provided by Orange County Solid Waste Management. For more information, call 968-2788.

Due to ongoing contamination and illegal dumping of waste, the large purple bin for recycling Nos. 2 and 5 non-bottle rigid plastics will be removed Nov. 12 from the recycling site behind The Home Depot at the Hampton Pointe shopping center.

Work has begun on stabilizing the riverbank supporting the covered walkway in Gold Park.  River Works, a specialty construction company based in Cary, will be armoring the portion of the riverbank that supports the covered walkway under the railroad trestle in compliance with state permits.  This work is necessary to ensure the safe use of the walkway by pedestrians.  The work is expected to take about 30 days, weather permitting.  Once it is complete and the necessary approvals received, the walkway will be opened for pedestrians.

For all those who previously received email updates on the Hillsborough UDO/Zoning Rewrite process, we have converted our contact method to this newsletter format from our website.  This method allows you to self-manage your subscription (i.e. unsubscribe if you wish) and allows others to self-subscribe.

The UDO process is still basically on schedule.  I anticipate a complete draft will be ready in mid-October, with many sections released piece-meal in advance.