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Rex wellness
center,
health park near WF |
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Rex Healthcare will open a
wellness center and health care facility in
early 2008 as part of a larger health park that
will include a Harris Teeter, other retail,
hotels and a library.
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Planners OK birthplace plan
with tree-saving provision |
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Tuesday night the
Wake Forest Planning Board approved a master
plan for the museum annex and bathroom building
at the Wake Forest College Birthplace (the
Calvin Jones House) on North Main Street with a
provision to preserve the existing trees at the
rear of the 4.5 acres that serve as a sound
buffer for the CSX railroad.
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A Wake Forest performing
arts center? |
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Is it time for a performing arts
center in Wake Forest? A cultural arts study
done several years ago said the time would come
when town residents would want one.
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Builders receive 156
residential
permits in May |
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Wake Forest Planning Director
Chip Russell was right. In mid-May he told the
comprehensive planning committee the pace of
building permits would pick up in May as
builders looked forward to the fall’s Parade of
Homes.
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A reader’s opinion
Planners ‘bamboozled’ |
To the editor:
The planning board at its meeting on Tuesday
night reached an erroneous conclusion and placed
a restriction on the Birthplace Museum that is
contrary to a basic principle of law.
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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.)Click here for the complete story |
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Financial column
What is a portfolio review?
By Louis Mullinger, Edward Jones |
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If you are serious about
achieving your long-term financial goals, you
should work with an investment professional,
someone with the training, resources and
objectivity to help you choose the right mix of
investments for your individual needs and
preferences.
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events to
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Send your stories to: Editor: Carol Pelosi
CWPelosi@aol.com
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Staff lists water
conservation
possibilities |
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What if Wake Forest required
Bermuda, Centipede, St. Augustine or Zoysa grass
be planted for all future residential or
commercial building and banned fescue?
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Cultural Arts, museum, club
may get town help |
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Wake Forest Cultural Arts
Association, the planned museum annex at the
Wake Forest College Birthplace and the Wake
Forest Boys and Girls Club should receive some
town assistance, the town board seemed to decide
last Wednesday night during a budget work
session.
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Commissioners question
items
but leave budget unchanged |
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Wake Forest’s tax base grew from
$1.5 billion for 2005-2006 to $1.753 billion for
the coming fiscal year – and that does not count
the homes and shops under construction that will
go on the tax rolls during the year.
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Town will celebrate the
Fourth
on July 3 and 4 |
Monday and Tuesday, July 3 and 4,
will be busy and days in Wake Forest.
Monday night the all-volunteer Fourth of July
Committee will throw open the gates at Trentini
Stadium at 6 p.m. for the entertainment and
fireworks show.
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Parks and rec news
Track and field meet June 16 |
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The pool in Holding Park at 133
W. Owen Ave. will opened Saturday, May 27, for
open swimming as well as water aerobics classes,
swim lessons, lap swim times and parent-child
swim times.
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