This week

As Vanessa mentioned, schools are off and so are most sports, so that's two of our normal pages. But fear not; we're chock full of spring feature and event picture potential to the point where we're bursting at the seams (and about 6 photographers short of being able to cover everything). If any faithful readers — or occasional ones, we're not that picky — are at an event and we aren't, please e-mail us a picture. At the very least, we can post some shots to the blog; optimally, we'll have enough space to run several inches worth of Saturday event shots.

Anyways, in addition to the things that Vanessa listed (and could also develop in the next few days), I am working on a few stories in addition to the standard calendar/Op-Ed/news briefs/working with the company computer sage tasks of the day:

— We've been sort of quiet on the waste transfer station happenings of late, but there are/will be a few Solid Waste Advisory Board meetings that will shed some light on the fiscal side of the county's short-term options. Basically, several concerned residents have asked the county to consider using private vendors to haul away county trash until a permanent, non-N.C. 54 transfer station solution can be found for the soon-to-be-full landfill problem. Olver, the county consultant, has raised several issues regarding the "interim" vendor solution and has projected costs for each of the county's options. More on that next week.

(For those wondering when commissioners are going to discuss this again as an agenda item, an update on the "parallel track" for waste disposal solutions will be presented April 21 (7 p.m., Seymour Center, Chapel Hill).

— I'm also going to find out a little more about the town's plan to have in-town events pay for their own security and public works expenses. What local events could be priced out under this proposal?

Tomorrow, I'll give a complete a rundown as I can on weekend events around town and the county (or check the calendar.)