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State investigating
goo and algae
in Raleigh’s water plant creek |
In
December, residents in the Sheffield Manor
subdivision on Raven Ridge Road behind Raleigh’s
E.M. Johnson Water Treatment plant saw a change
in the small stream that flows from the plant
into Falls Lake.
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Paper ballots and hand
count
may solve election quandary |
Wake, like most of the 100
counties in North Carolina, can no longer use
the voting equipment it has had since 1992 and
must purchase new equipment by Jan. 20.
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Town board has short agenda
Increase in fuel rider, hearing about capital
projects head the list |
They discussed it pretty
thoroughly during the Jan. 3 work session,
making it more than likely that the Wake Forest
commissioners will approve an increase in the
fuel rider on electric bills, raising it from
$3.60 per thousand kilowatts to $11.00, during
their regular meeting Tuesday, Jan. 17.
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Town’s Martin Luther King
celebration will be Jan. 19 |
Father Bob Kus,
the priest at Saint Catherine of Siena Roman
Catholic Church, will give the main address
Thursday night, Jan. 19, for Wake Forest’s
Martin Luther King celebration, but he will
share the stage at The DuBois Center with
several talented young people.
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Politicians turn out
for chamber reception |
Elected officials from Congress
to the town board turned up Tuesday morning at
The Cotton Company when the Wake Forest Area
Chamber of Commerce hosted its first legislative
reception.
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Kiwanis offers a fishy
family
fund-raiser: lobster bingo |
The
entire family is invited to a fish-based
fund-raiser the Wake Forest Kiwanis Club will
sponsor Saturday, March 4, at The Factory.
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Community Council members
announce upcoming events |
Wednesday’s meeting of the Wake Forest Community
Council ended with a discussion about a yard
sale involving all the town’s clubs and groups,
but no date was set.
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The editor’s opinion
Voting |
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I hope
you will forgive the length of this week’s
article about Wake’s election equipment. It is
long because I feel very strongly about voting,
its importance and the need to have equipment
that gives everyone access and can be relied
upon to deliver an accurate count in a
reasonable time period.
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Life insurance has many
purposes
By William D. Smith, John
Hancock |
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Most people think of life
insurance as providing protection for their
family in case of the ultimate misfortune.
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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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