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Wake Forest will
see
no tax increase |
An increase of $265 million in
Wake Forest’s estimated tax base means that Town
Manager Mark Williams can propose a budget for
fiscal 2006-2007 that holds the tax rate steady
at 54 cents while adding 12 full-time positions,
paying employees a 3.5 percent cost of living
adjustment and budgeting $3.7 million for
capital improvements.
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DuBois Center officials say
things going well |
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Tuesday night,
Lawrence Perry, president of the National Alumni
Association of DuBois High School, and George C.
Jones Sr., the DuBois Center’s interim director,
told the Wake Forest Town Board that everything
was going well at the center.
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Town staff to refine,
embellish
plans for water conservation |
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We may be tossing around terms
like xeriscape, rain garden, bioretention, green
roofs and flapper rebate programs in the near
future because the Town of Wake Forest is
exploring ways to cut peak and overall water
use.
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Another busy weekend
in Wake Forest |
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As many as 10,000 people – maybe
more if the weather is fine – are expected to
throng South White Street Saturday for the 26th
Meet in the Street, Wake Forest’s arts and
crafts festival.
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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
Holding Pool opens May 27 |
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The pool in Holding Park at 133
W. Owen Ave. will open Saturday, May 27,
offering open swimming as well as water aerobics
classes, swim lessons, lap swim times and
parent-child swim times.
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News of the arts
‘St. Paul’ presented Friday |
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The Male Chorale at Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary and the Northeast
Piedmont Chorale will present Felix
Mendelssohn’s “St. Paul” Friday, May 5, at 8
p.m. in Binkley Chapel on the seminary campus.
Dr. John Davis will conduct.
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Road Roundup |
(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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Many DuBois employees paid,
but $60,000-plus missing |
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Many of the former contract
employees with the DuBois Center received the
remainder of their February pay on April 21, but
the total paid by the center – $76,639 – leaves
$67,138 unaccounted for out of the $142,777 the
center received from Wake County Department of
Human Services for the mental health counseling
service in that month.
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Raleigh eases water
restrictions
but urges caution |
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Tuesday the Raleigh City Council
lifted the mandatory stage 2 water conservation
measures that have been in effect since last
November and went to voluntary water
conservation while urging moderation in water
use.
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Planners OK 2 pools,
townhouses
and new floodplain protection |
By a five to three vote, the Wake
Forest Planning Board Tuesday night recommended
approval of the pool house and parking lot for
the Thornrose subdivision on Forestville Road.
The town commissioners will make the final
decision on May 16.
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Residential building
permits
fall off in April |
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Building permits for residences
dropped sharply in April, and it was not clear
whether builders feared a water shortage or were
busy building all the homes they received
permits for in December and earlier this year.
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A WF tradition, the 4th of
July
celebration, needs your help |
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Since 1973, people in Wake Forest
have worked to produce the annual Fourth of July
celebration with its fireworks and stadium show,
children’s parade and events in Holding Park.
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Financial column
Replace frozen pensions
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones |
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In
recent months, some well-known companies –
including Verizon, Lockheed Martin, Motorola and
IBM – have frozen their pension plans. If your
company freezes its plan, or if you think it
might do so in the future, you need to start
thinking now of how to replace the potential
lost income during your retirement years.
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