ABERDEEN – The Town of Aberdeen is looking to potentially raise the rates for its system development fees as a public hearing was set for that very purpose at its Aug. 26 regular business meeting. The Aberdeen Town Board set a public hearing for Oct. 28 in order to discuss changes to the town’s system development fees (SDF) rates for new connections to its water and sewer systems. “We thought we could do it a little bit earlier, but we started looking at the true notice and the posting and we thought we’d rather be safe than sorry, so we…

The Aberdeen Town Board met Monday, March 18, voting to approve a new four-way stop at the intersection of South Street and Glasgow Street as an attempt to slow down through traffic. According to Director of Public Works Joe Wood, the four-way stop will be installed after the street resurfacing project is finished in the area. The town had already reduced the speed limit on South Street down to 20 mph and posted new signage indicating such, but the commissioners felt that that still wasn’t doing enough to address the issue, so the four-way stop was a necessary next step.…

ABERDEEN – The Aberdeen Town Board met Monday, Feb. 26, approving ordinance change to increase the maximum height of multi-family buildings from 35 to 45 feet to accommodate sloped roofs. “When you’re doing a three-story multi-family building, you’re not able to get the proper slope” with the limit of 35 feet, Planning Director John Terziu told the board. Instead, architects are forced towards “a more urban style, flat roof without being able to put the pitched slope, which doesn’t really fit into our suburban population.” NCDOT’s Rail Division was also in attendance, proposing an update to the South Street railroad…

ABERDEEN – The Town of Aberdeen Board met Monday, Jan. 22, starting with an approval of an increase in the off-duty police hourly rate from $45 to $70 starting in February. “A lot of officers are not wanting to work off duty because of pay,” said police chief Brian Chavis. “I called around to surrounding agencies. The Moore County Sheriff’s Office non-holiday rate is $50 an hour, their holiday rate is $70 an hour. Southern Pines Police Department is $55 for non-holidays and they’re in the process of increasing that. Pinehurst Police Department off-duty ranged from $45 to $60 an…

ABERDEEN – The Aberdeen Town Board met Monday, Nov. 27.‌ The board was first presented with some information from the monthly financial report. “There were some really strong returns, especially with the sales tax side of things,” said Town Manager Paul Sabiston. “We’ve had some really strong sales tax returns the last couple of years and that has continued. We are a good bit ahead of schedule and that’s a good sign because that does provide us with additional revenues each year. “Every year, we try to hit the number based on the prior year’s numbers, but really it’s growing…