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Hillsborough mayor dubs 2011 ‘year of infrastructure’

By From staff and wire reports | March 4

During his state of the town address Monday night, Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens proclaimed that 2011 will be the town’s “year of infrastructure.” As ...

Hillsborough seeks proposals to support local tourism

By From staff and wire reports | March 4

Hillsborough’s Tourism Board is requesting that nonprofit agencies and civic groups submit grant proposals that would create programs to support area ...

Republicans open Hillsborough office to increase visibility

By Chad Royal | March 3

After seeing a larger turnout in the November elections, the Republican party has opened up a permanent office in Orange County. In order to strengthen ...

Hillsborough chef is semifinalist for national honors

By Lindsay Pope | February 20

While earning an economics degree from Emory University in Atlanta, local chef Aaron Vandemark balanced spreadsheets in the financial sector by day and ...

Railroad crossings to close for several hours on Friday

By From staff and wire reports | February 16

Rail crossings in Hillsborough will close for several hours on Friday while Norfolk Southern Railway will recondition tracks, signals and bridges along ...

Hillsborough food center opening delayed

By Chad Royal | February 6

Hillsborough’s new food processing center’s opening date has been pushed back to April, with more than half the construction left to be done. ...

In a ceremony at Margaret Lane Cemetery in Hillsborough, a new brick monument designed to preserve three headstones from unknown grave sites was unveiled.

Ceremony memorializes grave markers at Hillsborough cemetery

By John Hamlin | December 5

Orange County Judge Beverly Scarlett didn’t know about the old slave cemetery growing up because blacks didn’t visit that part of Hillsborough. But ...

Hospital facility set to break ground in February

By Olivia Barrow | November 22

The ground breaking of a new UNC Hospitals facility in Hillsborough is planned to begin in February after the settlement of a major roadblock. Construction ...

Hillsborough now enforcing downtown parking limits

By From staff and wire reports | November 19

The town of Hillsborough will begin issuing parking tickets for any violations in the downtown area. Parking is now being enforced between 8 a.m. and ...

Duane Hampton is sworn in as the new Chief of Police in Hillsborough by Mayor Tom Stevens on Monday at the Hillsborough Town Barn.

New Hillsborough police chief sworn in

By Chelsey Dulaney | November 8

Before an audience of family, friends and fellow law enforcement officials, Duane Hampton, Hillsborough’s new police chief, pledged an oath to the town ...

Whit Price plays a short set at Tuesday night’s Open Mic with Bill West, a new feature at Katy at the Bayou in Hillsborough. Previously known as the Blue Bayou Club, the new bar plans to expand its entertainmen

Hillsborough jazz venue changes hands, expands to include other music groups

By Chelsey Dulaney | October 26

New owners might bring diversity to Hillsborough’s only live music venue, adding to the town’s historic jazz roots. For the past eight years, The ...

The annual Handmade Parade will take place this Saturday afternoon. The puppets in the parade have steadily gotten larger every year.

Courtesy of the Hillsborough Arts Council.

Hillsborough to host Handmade Parade, featuring puppets

By John Hamlin | October 14

Giant puppets, musicians and dancers will soon take over downtown Hillsborough, gamboling down the town’s main thoroughfare. The third annual Handmade ...

Food processing center to open

By Katie Barbee | September 15

By the end of the year, Orange County will be home to the Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center, a 10,400 square foot incubator for new food ...

Nate McMullen, or “Chef Nate,” is the newest addition to the cafeteria at The Little School of Hillsborough. DTH/ Ali Cengiz

Hillsborough Pre-K Goes Gourmet

By Florence Bryan | March 31

Preschoolers at The Little School of Hillsborough ate risotto with chicken breast and fresh vegetables Tuesday, followed by an afternoon snack of yogurt ...

Hillsborough names Davis Trimmer interim police chief

By From staff and wire reports | March 31

A Hillsborough police commander has been named interim department chief, according to a news release from the department.Clarence Birkhead, Hillsborough ...

The group re-enacted the occupation of Hillsborough by British troops in 1781. DTH/Stephen Mitchell

Hillsborough re-enactment depicts Revolutionary War

By Victoire Tuaillon | February 22

Men wearing 18th century red coats with shiny gold buttons, the uniform of the British army during the Revolutionary War, camped out in the middle of ...

Hillsborough seeks to control new growth

By Patricia Laya | February 12

As its population continues to grow, the town of Hillsborough might not be able to meet demands for water, traffic and affordable housing, town officials ...

Hillsborough could get Amtrak railroad station

By Chad Royal | January 31

The town of Hillsborough is expected to find out by the end of this week whether it will receive state funding for a new railway station.

Hillsborough branch of UNC Hospitals stalled

By Taylor Hartley | January 21

The construction of a new branch of UNC Hospitals in Hillsborough the state says is needed could fall through due to legal roadblocks.The hospital still ...

Hillsborough Holiday Parade draws community crowd

By Emily May | December 6

For first-time parade-goers Pedro and Marianna Salinas, every aspect of the Hillsborough Holiday Parade was new.“In my country, it’s a little bit ...