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Wake one of 21 NC
counties
suffering severe drought
Falls Lake not expected to
completely fill this spring |
Governor Mike Easley has asked
everyone in the state to use water sparingly now
that all 100 counties are either abnormally dry
or experiencing moderate to severe drought.
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Public hearing about budget
to be held April 18 |
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If you have a
project you think the Town of Wake Forest should
fund or any kind of suggestion about the town’s
budget for the next fiscal year, go to town hall
Tuesday night, April 18, for the public hearing
about the 2006-2007 budget.Click here for the complete story |
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Town adds 62 homes while
demolishing nine |
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Wake Forest issued building
permits for 51 single-family houses, nine
townhouses and two duplexes during March and at
the same time issued 10 demolition permits, most
of them to the town itself as part of its
program to raze substandard houses that owners
could not or would not renovate to standard.
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For more fun – and to raise
funds – you can ‘Tour de Neuse’ |
You never know what those wild
and crazy guys, the Neuse Riverkeepers Dean
Naujoks and Larry Baldwin, will do, but in April
they have a new stunt.
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Friends annual meeting
to be held April 9 |
The annual meeting for members of
the Friends of Wake Forest Public Library will
be held Sunday, April 9, at 2 p.m. in the
courtroom at the Wake Forest Police Station.
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Hoops for WF continues
March madness into May |
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One of Wake Forest’s most
successful fun-raising and fund-raising events,
Hoops for Wake Forest, will hit the streets for
the 11th year on Saturday, May 20.
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Parks and rec news
Arts/crafts workshops, track
and field meets scheduled |
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Two new workshop series are being
offered this spring by the Wake Forest Parks and
Recreation Department – a workshop about
diabetes (“How to be a Delightful Diabetic”) and
four Thursday workshops featuring different
crafts.
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Recycle those phone books |
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Wake County Solid Waste
Management has begun its annual telephone book
recycling just as residents are receiving
telephone books from six different companies
that operate in the county..Click
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Insurance tips
Divorce has a financial impact
By Will Smith, John
Hancock |
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For both spouses, but
especially for women, divorce can be
difficult to deal with not just emotionally
but financially.
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Road roundup |
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(Road roundup is a standing
feature of the Gazette, designed to keep
people informed about the progress of the
various street and road projects in town.
New projects or updated projects will appear
at the top of each week’s column in blue.)
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Please send information about upcoming
events to
info@wakeforestnc.com
Send your stories to: Editor: Carol Pelosi
CWPelosi@aol.com
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Commissioners hear about
cisterns,
software, service district |
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After developer Jim Adams led off
the Wake Forest Town Board’s monthly work
session
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Planning board zips through
short agenda |
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The requests in two public
hearings were approved unanimously by the Wake
Forest Planning Board Tuesday night, and the
only discussions for the evening were street
capacity and design and about the single
entrance/exit for the Heritage Overlook
subdivision.
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Adams asks town’s help
in purchasing Parker-Hannifin
Shoppes at Caveness, luxury
villas underway on Capital |
Tuesday night developer Jim Adams
asked for the town’s help in his two-year quest
to purchase the Parker-Hannifin building and
30-acre site.
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Volunteers clean 21,260
pounds
of trash from the Neuse |
Saturday the Neuse River – at
least that part from the dam to Smithfield
Commons – was cleaner after 296 volunteers
pulled and picked up 21,260 pounds of trash.
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Book collection underway
For May 6 used book sale |
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The Friends of the Wake Forest
Public Library need your help in collecting used
and usable books at their collection sites for
the annual used book sale on May 6.
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Another gospel music
fundraiser
planned for Operation Harvest |
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Wake Forest area residents are
invited to enjoy an evening of gospel music and
dinner at The Forks Cafeteria on Sunday, April
23, while they raise money for Operation
Harvest.
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From the chamber
Meet in the Street next big
spring chamber event |
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The
staff and volunteers at the Wake Forest Chamber
of Commerce are busily planning for the spring’s
largest event, the arts and crafts show Meet in
the Street, which typically brings as many as
10,000 people to the historic downtown.
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News of the arts
Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart |
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Mike Wiley will bring his one-man
show, “Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart” to the
DuBois Center auditorium on Thursday, April 6,
at 6:30 p.m.
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Financial column
Know what to expect
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones |
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If your investment portfolio is
even moderately diversified, you probably own
both stocks and bonds.
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