The Wake Forest Recreation Advisory Board will meet Monday, Dec. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Flaherty Park Community Center.
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                Light up the night with First Light on Dec. 31. The second year of this event should prove to be bigger and, it is sincerely hoped, warmer.
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                The Wake Forest Town Board will hold a work session Tuesday, Jan. 5, at 5:30 p.m. in town hall.
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                The Wake Forest Planning and Town boards will hold a joint public hearing Tuesday, Jan. 5, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in town hall, and the planning board will consider that request and other matters after the hearing.
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                The Wake Forest Town Board will hold its annual planning retreat Friday, Jan. 8, and continue it Saturday, Jan. 9, if needed. The retreat will be held in a seminary building from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a lunch break from noon to 1 p.m. Call Town Clerk Deeda Harris at 554-6190 if you want to attend.
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                The sixteenth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will be held Thursday, Jan. 21, beginning with a light supper at 6 p.m. at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church.