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Wake Forest
commissioners
approve increased fuel charge |
By
a 3 to 2 vote, with new Commissioners Frank
Drake and Margaret Jones Stinnett voting no, the
town board approved an increase in the fuel
rider that will add about $11.10 to an average
household’s monthly electric bill beginning in
February.
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Sprint donates land;
manager
can accept Electricities pay |
Tuesday night Sprint – which is
still technically known as Carolina Telephone &
Telegraph – donated two-tenths of an acre at the
intersection of Harris Road, Wall Road and Oak
Street to the town for green space. Part of the
land will be used as a conservation easement
during the restoration of Richland Creek.
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Some fire board members
ready
to turn department over to town |
Turning fire protection over to the town has
been talked about for several years, but neither
the Wake Forest Fire Department Inc. nor the
Town of Wake Forest has ever reached the point
of formal discussions.
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Creek has algae and
bacteria
but nothing toxic, state says |
That slimy
green and white growth in an unnamed tributary
of Honeycutt Creek in north Raleigh is a
combination of an algae, the green, and a
sulfur-digesting bacteria, the white.
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Town’s Martin Luther King
celebration will be tomorrow |
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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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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From the chamber
Input solicited for school post |
The Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce office
will be closed until noon Thursday, Jan. 19, to
allow employees to attend funeral services for
Graham Johnson, 16. His parents are Bob and
Elizabeth Johnson, owners of The Cotton Company.
Elizabeth is the chairman of the chamber’s board
of directors.
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Financial column
Choose a retirement plan
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones |
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If you
own a small business, you are always thinking
about today. How can you get more customers
today? Is your cash flow sufficient for today?
What are your competitors doing today? However,
you should not forget about tomorrow.
Specifically, you need to make sure you build
sufficient financial resources to enjoy a
comfortable retirement. To help you do just
that, you need the right small-business
retirement plan.
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Board widens road, approves
steak house on Retail Drive |
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After a
change in the width of Warmoven Street, the Wake
Forest commissioners unanimously approved the
master plan for the Lone Star Steak House at the
corner of N.C. 98 (Durham Road) and Retail
Drive.
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Wake Forest must reduce
growth
to have enough water through 2010 |
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There have
been about 1,000 new dwelling units –
apartments, townhouses, mobile homes and
single-family houses – built in Wake Forest in
the last two years.
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Downtown was a focal point
during commissioners’ retreat |
Although the five commissioners
and town staff members covered a lot of other
ground during the day-and-a-half retreat last
week, they kept circling back to Wake Forest’s
downtown business district, looking for ways to
support existing merchants, encourage new
businesses, and make it both a shopping
destination and a location for high-end housing.
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No decision on voting
machines |
The Wake County Board of
Elections did not reach a decision Tuesday about
purchasing new voting machines.
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Open meeting Jan. 19
about U.S. 401 widening |
Everyone
interested in completing the widening of U.S.
401 to Louisburg – and that should include a
host of commuters – is invited to a citizens’
forum Thursday, Jan. 19.
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Art auction March 4 to
benefit
DuBois School of the Arts |
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Art for art’s sake? Yes, indeed,
if it is donated art (and other items) that are
auctioned off to benefit an art school.
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Koinonia Foundation dinner
set for Saturday, Jan. 28 |
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One
of Wake Forest’s quieter charitable
organizations is the Koinonia Foundation which
began in 1990 after members of a Wake Forest
Baptist Church Sunday School class organized it
as a nondenominational Christian organization
dedicated to spreading the gospel of Christ by
serving others, providing support to individuals
and to other organizations.
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From the garden
The sweet smells of winter |
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Apologies
to Clement Moore, but that’s one of the treats
of a winter garden. At this time of year, there
really are such subtle surprises in the garden,
sniffed but not always seen.
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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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