More about the next paper

I just made the realization that April 1, the day of our next issue, is April Fools Day. But please don't take that to mean that we're going to be releasing any fake news — it seems like an awfully inappropriate time (10.7 percent NC unemployment) to be making light of much these days.

On a less ominous note, for next week's issue, I'll have more on a few issues I wrote about here earlier in the week (town budgeting wastewater treatment expansion, county tax issues). I will also be attending (but not reporting on for this issue because of our publication schedule) a Solid Waste Advisory Board meeting at which members of Orange County Voice and county-hired consultant Olver Inc. will present information on trash hauling and disposal costs for the county's potential waste transfer station. On April 21, Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson is expected to give an updated report on where things stand on the property sale negotiations and alternative or interim options for waste disposal. We'll have something before then to update those happenings.

One other thing — I took some photos the other week with a local real estate person and a homebuilder who are including a new "smart car" with the sale of a home. I am trying to put together a piece about the outlook for the local real estate market. If anybody knows of other enticing offers being included to sell a home, I'd love to know about them.

Since I normally throw something up here about a weekend event locally, hope for good weather and go find some fresh produce at the Hillsborough Farmers' Market (8 a.m. to noon, Home Depot lot in Hampton Pointe). The Eno River Farmers' Market opens next Saturday at the Public Market House on Margaret Lane.