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Future building
permits
cut to 40 a year |
By a three to two vote, the Wake
Forest Town Board cut the standard allocation of
building permits for each future subdivision
from 50 to 40 a year, although developers can
earn back the 10 permits by showing they are
installing features to cut water use by 20
percent.
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Dubois Center issues
remain unresolved
Should town continue to pay
utilities, commissioner wonders |
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As of Wednesday
morning, it was not clear how many of the DuBois
Center employees had been paid for their work
during February or if they received full pay.
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Just a check: Are you
obeying
the water conservation rules? |
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The Raleigh City Council adopted
Stage 2 mandatory conservation rules last fall.
These apply to Wake Forest and Rolesville
residents because the city owns the water and
sewer systems in the two towns.
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Dry conditions = fire
hazard |
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The state Forestry Service has
issued a red flag warning against burning of any
kind as dry, windy conditions here and across
the state continue to pose a fire hazard.
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The poetry of Emily
Dickinson
featured for poetry month |
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“This is my Letter to the World”
. . . the Life and Poetry of Emily Dickinson is
the featured program at the Wake Forest Library
tomorrow night, Thursday, April 20, at 6:30 p.m.
presented by the Friends of Wake Forest Public
Library.
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Firing Air Soft, BB funs
illegal |
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Forget the Red Ryder pump-action
BB gun you or your brother had as a child.
The BB guns Wake Forest police
officers have confiscated recently look like
pistols – and can be as dangerous when fired at
other people.
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Ranger’s sixth Wildathon
raises cash for Audubon Society |
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Brian Bockhahn, a very active
Falls Lake State Park Ranger, will hold his
sixth 24-hour Wildathon on May 4-5 to raise
money for the New Hope Audubon Society.
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Book collection underway
For May 6 used book sale |
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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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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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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