What's this? and this week

Since I really don't know how to categorize this photo, let me put it this way: On the left is an old water pipe taken from in front of the courthouse during construction this month. On the right, despite looking like a log with a hole, is an even older water pipe from near the same location.

At last week's town board meeting, board member Evelyn Lloyd said she wanted to display these items in her store after town engineer Kenny Keel showed the board what they had unearthed downtown. Maybe it's not the most exciting artifact a downtown project has uncovered, but if you ever wondered what a 100-year-old water pipe looks like, today is your day.

Back to the paper, the town board has a few "hot topics" to discuss next Monday, including whether the town should explore an event policy and what Hillsborough should do to help the county's waste stream. Look for coverage of that. I'll have a few features — women in the Walnut Grove United Methodist Church community will be walking 60 miles in three days to benefit breast cancer research, and the folks behind the Handmade Parade event you've seen so many notices about in the paper and on the street talk about what the event means for the arts council.

We'll have plenty of photos and some updates from the school board and other school happenings.

UPDATE: This weekend's productions of "Murder in the Library" (in the parking deck) have been canceled. Ticket-purchasers will receive a refund. If they haven't reached you, call the library at 245-2525.