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WF town hall
to be on Brooks Street |
In an action that surprised no
one, the Wake Forest commissioners voted Tuesday
night to purchase the Wooten property on Brooks
Street and swap with the American Legion on East
Owen Avenue. The two tracts will be the site for
the new town hall and a future police
department/public safety building.
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Cut down one tree, plant
10,
planning board says |
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After a lengthy
discussion, the Wake Forest Planning Board voted
5 to 4 to recommend the owner of a lot in the
Heritage Professional Center be allowed to cut
down an oak 30 inches in diameter and replace it
with at least 10 trees 3 inches or more in
diameter.
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Folk estate to be sold |
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Fine antique furniture owned by Edgar and Minta
Holding Folk when they lived in the South Brick
House, built in 1838 and one of the three oldest
houses in town, will go on sale Saturday, Sept.
17, at 11 a.m. at the Leland Little Auction and
Estate Sales company in Hillsborough.
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At the library
Twilight Tales return |
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Stories and activities for
children and parents – Twilight Tales at the
Wake Forest Public Library – will return on
Thursday, Sept. 21, with a Back to School Bash.
Participants will enjoy old-fashioned classroom
games, school-theme crafts and stories about
teachers and school.
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From the chamber
School bond survey mailed |
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The Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce has mailed a
survey to its members, asking for their views on
the $970-million school bond that will be on the
Nov. 7 ballot.
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Artists, sponsors solicited
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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Correction |
The Gazette was incorrect last
week in saying the reason for only eight
one-stop voting sites – and none in Wake Forest
– was a lack of funds.
Cherie Poucher, the director of the Wake County
Board of Elections, sent an e-mail saying, “The
board felt since this is an off-year election it
was best to have only eight sites versus the 12
in presidential years.”
We apologize for the error. |
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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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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.
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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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Please send information about upcoming
events to
info@wakeforestnc.com
Send your stories to: Editor: Carol Pelosi
CWPelosi@aol.com
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Tree-cutting policy, grass
in downtown questioned |
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“I am still having tree-cutting
issues. I am continuing to get calls,”
Commissioner Margaret Stinnett said Tuesday
night, citing an instance on St. Catherine’s
Drive in Staffordshire where town electric crews
cut down a cedar tree but left another.
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DuBois Center asks for
left-over bond funds |
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The National Alumni Association
of DuBois High School, which owns the former
school campus that houses the DuBois Center,
would like the town to use about $80,000 in
left-over bond money to refurbish the gym.
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Residential building
continues apace |
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During August the Wake Forest
Planning Department issued 54 permits for
dwelling units – 14 townhouses and 40
single-family homes.
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Sign up for EMS now |
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Wake County
residents will soon receive a form that will
save them money on costly ambulance bills,
whether they are transported by the six private
rescue squads in the county or by the
county-wide EMS.
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Parks and rec news
Dog obedience classes offered |
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Leslie Carpenter will teach two
dog obedience classes this fall, Basic Manners I
and II, for dogs and their owners older than 12.
The classes will be held from Sept. 12 through
Oct. 3 on Tuesday evenings at the Flaherty Park
ballfield open space, and the fee is $50 for
each class.
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Check your voter
registration |
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With September within our grasp,
it will not be too much time before the cycle
begins for the general election on Nov. 7, and
now is the time to check your voter
registration, apply for an absentee ballot if
you will be out of town, or make plans to use
one of the One-Stop No Excuse voting sites.
Because of a shortage of funds, there will be no
one-stop voting in Wake Forest this year, but
there are eight across the county as well as one
at the Wake County Board of Election’s office on
Salisbury Street in Raleigh.
You can find out if you are properly registered
to vote by going to the elections web site at
http://www.wakegov.com/
elections. The web site also has a form for
absentee ballots you can download, a listing of
all the one-stop voting sites with the times of
operation, a list of candidates and a calendar
of the election process. |
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Chefs still needed
for chili cook-off |
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The first Downtown Wake Forest
Four-Alarm Chili Cook-off will be held Saturday,
Sept. 23, during the farmers’ market in the
gazebo parking lot on South White Street. There
will be a cash prize for the winner based on the
judgment of a five-star panel of judges.
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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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Financial column
How to really retire
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones |
With Labor Day just past, now is
a good time to reflect on your work.
How long do you plan to keep working? And when
you retire, will you retire for good, or will
you still work in some capacity? These are
important questions, and the answers can have a
big impact on your savings and investment
strategies.
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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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