This week

We're very early in the planning stages for next week's paper, but here are some things I am working on. We'd love to hear your ideas about possible alternative angles to our approaches.
On the docket:

— Another rail station search update. A funny thing happened in the last two weeks: Our poll question regarding the rail station drew far more than the average number of responses, which said to us that people are interested in how this plays out. On the flip side, the most popular response was, "We don't need a train station."
Anyways, the town/county task force is due to present their suggestions to officials next month, so we'll continue follow the planning stages as the search committee meets.

— Central Orange Senior Center grand opening. The Center opens tomorrow, and festivities include the standard ribbon-cutting and speakers, as well as performances and demonstrations throughout the day and into the evening. We'll get some pictures from the official kick-off of the spotless new center (complete with a Wii; place your bets now on what public officials use it tomorrow).

— Neighbor House looking for a home. I'm going to be speaking with representatives from Neighbor House of Hillsborough as well as local officials about how the organization can find a more permanent base for its operations.

— Farmers' market follow-up. One year ago this week, commissioners awarded use of Hillsborough's Public Market House to a third market group, initially supervised by a county-appointed employee. The building has been leased to the same group, which is now a private entity.

More to come as things inevitably change.