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Hillsborough, North Carolina Patch AM: a 5 min read

Hi Hillsborough! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How will Hillsborough’s new data center pause affect your neighborhood?
  • Will you bring flowers to Regulator Remembrance Day on East King Street?
  • Want to handcraft a Father’s Day card at Eno Arts Mill?

Also on today's calendar: Eno Sportfishing Club Fish Fry and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What does a thesaurus eat for breakfast? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Cloudy, a thunderstorm; humid, with a high of 87 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Sunny and less humid, temps: high: 87, low: 62.
  • Sunday: Warm with periods of sun, with a high of 92 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Orange County, Hillsborough and municipalities across North Carolina attempt to pause data center growth (dailytarheel.com) — Hillsborough has enacted a 60-day pause on approving new AI data centers and data mining facilities while it updates local land-use rules. The move aligns with Orange County’s yearlong moratorium and growing statewide scrutiny of data centers’ environmental, economic, and infrastructure impacts, with advocates and industry voices sharply divided on the benefits for communities like Hillsborough.
   

2. Regulator Remembrance Day Event (chapelboro.com) — Hillsborough residents are invited to the free Regulator Remembrance Day ceremony this Friday, June 19, at 6 p.m. at the Regulator Historic Marker on East King Street. The short, family-friendly gathering honors six men executed in 1771 for challenging colonial policies, with organizers encouraging attendees and descendants to bring flowers and learn more from visiting historic site staff.
   

3. Paper as Keepsake: Father's Day Card Making (Adults Only) (macaronikid.com) — Adults in Hillsborough can spend an evening at Eno Arts Mill creating handmade Father’s Day cards in a beginner-friendly mixed media workshop. Led by local artist Patricia Efunsade, the $45 class includes all supplies, focuses on storytelling through paper art, and sends you home with up to four personalized cards for the father figures in your life.
   

4. Wilmington native and ‘first female rapper' to be inducted in NC Hall of Fame (portcitydaily.com) — Hillsborough native jazz legend Billy Strayhorn is among the 2026 North Carolina Music Hall of Fame inductees, honored for classics like “Take the ‘A’ Train” and “Lush Life.” He’ll be recognized alongside artists including Wilmington’s pioneering rapper MC Sha-Rock at a public induction ceremony in Mooresville this October, celebrating North Carolina’s wide-ranging musical impact.
   

5. Chapel Hill: Council Meeting Recap, LUMO, Juneteenth (chapelboro.com) — Local listeners can regularly hear Hillsborough Mayor Mark Bell on the “Conversations With the Mayors” series, alongside leaders from Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County. The latest episode features Chapel Hill’s mayor discussing council decisions, a LUMO rewrite meeting, and Juneteenth events, offering Hillsborough residents insight into how neighboring towns are shaping shared regional issues.
   

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Other local events
    Monday June 22
  • Anything Goes Art Meet Up, an informal drop in session
    Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce Margaret Lane Gallery ANNEX/F-Stop 2, 302 W Corbin Street, Hillsborough, NC
    10:00 am
    • Tuesday June 23
  • New Book Club - Passmore Center →
    Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce Virtual; phone#/Meeting Link will be provided at registration
    • Wednesday June 24
  • CCWIB Self Defense class
    Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce The Fighting Society 212 N. Churton St., Hillsborough
    5:30 pm
    • Thursday June 25
  • Legal Services
    Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce Passmore Center, 103 Meadowlands Drive, Hillsborough
    10:00 am
    • Saturday June 27
  • Eno Sportfishing Club Fish Fry →
    Efland Market, 3419 US-70, Efland
    11:30 am
    • Saturday July 4
  • Together We Are America →
    River Park, 228 S Churton St, Hillsborough
    10:00 am

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Synonym buns (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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