In turnaround, Quail
Crossing approved

Reacting to an appeal filed in Wake County Superior Court last week, two Wake Forest commissioners changed their votes Tuesday night to approve the Quail Crossing shopping center.
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Come enjoy
the Fourth

Wake Forest’s home-grown, all-volunteer birthday party for our country – the Fourth of July Celebration – will kick off Thursday evening and continue through most of the day Friday.
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The Growth Rate

The clearing at the intersection of Brimfield Springs Lane and Ligon Mill Road is for Ligon Mill Office Park III planned by local developer Lloyd Mattingly. To see it, turn west on Ligon Mill Road from South Main Street toward the back entrance to Wal-Mart
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Board interviewing
for fire chief

The directors at the Wake Forest Fire Department are a week or more away from choosing a fire chief.
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Apply now for Leadership WF

Each year the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce sponsors a 15-session program designed to identify, cultivate and motivate leadership resources for the town, a program called Leadership Wake Forest.
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Road Roundup

Last month the Wake Forest commissioners accepted 61,687 feet or 11.68 miles of new streets for town maintenance. The streets and street sections are in Dansforth, Heritage Heights, Heritage Reserve, Heritage South, Heritage Wildflower, Pemberley and Thornrose residential subdivisions as well as Retail Drive, Heritage Center Drive and Heritage Farm Road commercial subdivisions and 4,382 feet of South Franklin Street between the bypass and N.C. 98 (Wait Avenue). South Franklin had been maintained by the state.
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WakeForestTimes.com

The Wake Forest Gazette and the WakeForestTimes.com, a new web-based information source for the Wake Forest area, have agreed to a mutually beneficial association. You will soon find a link to the WakeForestTimes.com site on the Gazette and there is a link to the Gazette on WakeForestTimes.com. Editor Carol Pelosi will be writing for WakeForestTimes.com and in return, in the future, will have support for the Gazette web site. There will also be opportunities for advertising on both.

Editor’s note

In last week’s issue of the Gazette, an article said a representative from the engineering firm of W.K. Dixon would make a presentation about the town’s sewer system and the immediate need for expensive upgrades.
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Bus service
begins Monday

The buses will roll out Monday morning.

          For the first time since the local train to and from Raleigh – was it called the Shoo-fly? – stopped operating, there will be dependable public transportation from Wake Forest to downtown Raleigh.
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Planners OK child care,
auto care shop

They insistently questioned the storage and handling of fluids – for that read oil, antifreeze and other fluids used in car care.
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Variety brings folks
back to the marke

Two of the strongest attractions of the Wake Forest Farmers’ Market are variety and the thrill of the unexpected
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Home building
dries up

Wake Forest’s homebuilding has nearly screeched to a halt. The town issued only seven residential building permits in June.
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How to get a notice

If you are reading The Wake Forest Gazette but do not always remember to find it each week, let Editor Carol Pelosi send you a notice on Wednesday evenings that the newest edition is online.

Just send her an e-mail at cwpelosi@aol.com and she will add your name and e-mail address to her notification list. The messages are sent as blind copies to respect your privacy.

We welcome . . .

The Wake Forest Gazette welcomes and encourages readers to send us letters about local issues and announcements about local events including, but certainly not limited to, church bazaars, fund-raising events by local groups, plays, sports, or dinners.

The Gazette wants to be where you learn about what is happening in the Wake Forest community.

How to advertise

You can now advertise your business or service in The Wake Forest Gazette at a reasonable cost. A rotating banner at the top of each page costs $75 a month. To begin advertising, call Editor Carol Pelosi at 556-3409 or send her a note at cwpelosi@aol.com.