What's coming

UPDATE: The discussion regarding the moratorium will actually be at the joint town board/planning board meeting on Thursday, July 16 (7 p.m., Town Barn).

As I mentioned a week or so back on this blog, there's no shortage of things to keep us busy. Here's an abbreviated list of what I expect to have for next week's paper:

• Orange football coach Dickie Schock's departure from the high school leaves them without a football coach, just as schedules are coming out. We'll try to have more about who will fill the position.

• I'll have a feature story on what is going on down at the West End business district, which is yet another chapter in the potential rise of West Hillsborough as a future "Downtown West." No, that's not the name of a new development.

• The Hillsborough Police Department has shifted some of its community-based resources back into patrol. We'll have some insight as to what this means for residents.

• The Jason and Jessie Jam III, an event honoring the late Jason and Jessica Evans, takes place in a few weeks. Learn more about how their parents are working year-round to raise funds for the community.

• We'll have a brief artist feature or two at local galleries.

• Monday's town board meeting agenda isn't up yet, but the word is the potential development moratorium could cause some friction with the local business community. Read the second section of this story for a little more information.

• I'll be taking pictures at 3-4 events on Saturday.

• Someone else might file for office. If so, we'll have more on that. Otherwise, there will be an empty town board seat.

Oh, and Vanessa has 5-6 things, too.

Side note: Please vote in our poll on the left side of the main page at www.newsoforange.com. I'm really curious how people feel about solving the budget gap. Right now, votes are pretty much split down the middle.