OP Editors's blog

All elected bodies have meetings this week. The Board of County Commissioners will discuss mechanisms to pay to extend sewer to residents of the Historic Rogers Road neighborhood. The Chapel Hill Town Council will discuss the latest request for a neighborhood conservation district. 

Our last online forum will take place on Sunday at 7:00 pm for the candidates for the Chapel Hill Town Council. A number of other candidate events are happening as well. Check our calendar.

CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERPERSONS

• Work Session: October 13, 2015, at 7:30 pm, Carrboro Town Hall
  • The Board will discuss a draft land use ordinance text amendment establishing a new "Social Service Provider With Dining Services" use classification (*we will live tweet this discussion).

CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL

The Carrboro Board of Alderpersons and the Board of County Commissioners will meet this week. Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education, however, do not meet. The Orange County Board of Education will be holding it's board retreat on Tuesday. A number of forums or candidate meet & greets are scheduled this week as well, including our Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board forum on Sunday. Join us.

CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERPERSONS

• Business Meeting: Tuesday, October 6th, 2015, at 7:30 pm, Carrboro Town Hall
  • The Board will discuss working with the Orange County Board of Commissioners on the siting of a branch library in Carrboro.
  • The Board will receive presentations from three firms vying to conduct a parking study for Carrboro.

CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL

Welcome to the open thread for the Hillsborough Town Board candidate forum happening on September 27, 2015. Comments on this post will open at that time.

There are five candidates running for three seats:

• Mark Bell
• Ashley DeSena
• Evelyn Lloyd
• Brian Lowen
• Cindy Talisman

You can observe the forum at http://orangepolitics.org/elections-2015/forums/hsbotb.

We hope you'll use this open thread to post your thoughts and reactions. Also, if you want to propose additional discussion topics, you can reach the editors during the forum via Twitter, Facebook, or the contact page. The forum moderator will have final say in question selection.