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Wake honored for
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Monday the Wake County Board of
Commissioners was honored with the Local
Government Conservationist of the Year award by
the state’s coalition of 24 local and regional
land trusts.
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Free erosion, sediment
control workshop |
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There will be a
free erosion and sediment control workshop on
Wednesday, Aug. 30, that will be of particular
interest to site designers, civil engineers and
contractors. The workshop will run from 9 a.m.
to noon at the Flaherty Park Community Center at
1226 N. White St.
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From the chamber
Register now for golf tourney |
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The 14th Annual Chamber Golf
Tournament will be held Tuesday, Sept. 19, at
Heritage Golf Club.
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Artists, sponsors still
needed
for Autumn Arts Festival |
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The third Autumn Arts Festival
will be held in Wake Forest this fall on
Saturday, Oct. 14, and the underwriting
organizations, the Downtown Revitalization
Corporation and the Wake Forest Cultural Arts
Association, hope to attract people from
throughout the Triangle as well as from this
area.
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VFW hosting yard sale
to benefit overseas troops |
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VFW Post 8466 wants all your
slightly used furniture, crock pots, coffee
makers, workout clothes you never quite got to
use, tools, toys and whatever else is cluttering
up your house. Click here for the complete story |
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We welcome . . . |
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The
Wake Forest Gazette welcomes and encourages
readers to send us letters about local issues
and announcements about local events including,
but certainly not limited to, church bazaars,
fund-raising events by local groups, plays,
sports, or dinners.
The Gazette wants to be where you learn about
what is happening in the Wake Forest community. |
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Financial column
How to retire well
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones |
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The chances are pretty good that,
at one time or another, you have thought about
the ideal retirement. But have you really
considered what it takes to get there.
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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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Random notes . . . |
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Logging trucks and bulldozers are
at work on the former Forbes farm just to the
west of South Main Street, and soon we will see
yet another residential subdivision. Doris
Forbes, Esley’s widow, died this week,
disappearing like the pastures and cows and
dairy trucks.
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Man charged with break-ins |
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Wake Forest Police have charged
Quinton Byron Teasley, 33, with breaking into 21
vehicles in the northeast section of town and
stealing articles from all but three.
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Good Neighbor Day Sept. 17 |
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One of its goals is to promote
neighborliness and bring together the diverse
groups of people who live in Wake Forest. To
that end, each year the Human Relations Council
hosts Good Neighbor Day, and this year it will
be Sunday, Sept. 17, in Holding Park.
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Be appreciated at the
market Saturday |
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Saturday, Aug.
26, the vendors at the Wake Forest Farmers’
Market will show their customers how much they
are appreciated, handing out tasty and fun
treats as well as free raffle tickets.
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They are making a list |
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The Wake Forest commissioners and
mayor are making a list, checking it twice, and
preparing to ask several of you to serve on the
steering committee for the new community or land
use plan.
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Gazette resumes
advertising |
Publisher and editor Carol Pelosi
has begun selling advertising for The Wake
Forest Gazette.
Sales had ceased last year when she was ill and
had to suspend publication, and the advertising
banners currently at the top of the page are
left over and out of date.
She is offering two simple affordable plans for
businesses who want to advertise. For more
information, call her at 556-3409 or send a
message to cwpelosi@aol.com.
The free online newspaper has a monthly average
of 6,379 individual hits, and Pelosi wants to
thank all her readers. |
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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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