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Walkable community
at Holding farm unveiled |
Holsteins grazed there 30 years
ago, and the silos still stand as a reminder
that the Wake Forest area was once home to
several thriving dairy farms.
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Town may stop paying
DuBois, Birthplace utilities |
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During their
mid-year retreat in August, Wake Forest
commissioners asked Town Manager Mark Williams
and town staff to find a way for the town to
stop paying for the water, sewer and electric
used at the Calvin Jones House (the Wake Forest
College Museum) and the gym at the DuBois
Center.
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Fall schedule busy,
community council learns |
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The Wake Forest Community Council, a voluntary
group of civic clubs, social groups,
educational, religious and business
organizations and individuals, held its first
fall meeting Wednesday at noon at The Forks
Cafeteria.
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Harding named town
employee of the year |
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LaVerne Harding, the town’s
accounting services manager, was named as the
2006 Employee of the Year by Town Manager Mark
Williams during Saturday’s family fun day for
employees.
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People still wonder
about unfinished foam house |
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After a reader raised a concern
about the unfinished foam house on Tyler Run –
the portable toilet has been overturned at least
once – the Gazette is revisiting this
longstanding construction site.
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Town gets bike grant |
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Wake Forest has just received a
$50,000 grant from the state Department of
Transportation that will be used to develop a
comprehensive bicycle plan. The town has just
completed the draft of a pedestrian plan, also
funded by DOT, and together with the greenway
plan they make up a complete alternative in-town
transportation network.
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Correction |
Once again haste caused an error.
Last week the Gazette, in reporting about the
tree in question at Heritage Professional Park,
used Thomas Walters’ insurance business as a
landmark but used the wrong name for his
company.
Walters owns the building his company occupies,
and the Walters Insurance Agency represents the
Allstate Insurance Company.
The Gazette and its editor regret the error. |
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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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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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It’s commercial
development’s
turn, Russell says |
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Residential building in Wake
Forest is “a little slow” this year, Planning
Director Chip Russell said Tuesday morning to a
large crowd at the Wake Forest Chamber of
Commerce’s Business Before Hours.
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One tree’s fate, tree
trimming policy on agenda |
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Tuesday night the Wake Forest
commissioners will decide whether the owner of a
lot in the Heritage Professional Park can remove
a tree to construct an office for a medical
practice, Village Family Care.
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Murchison hearing delayed |
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At the request of Assistant
District Attorney Susan Spurlin, the probable
cause hearing about charges against Bettie
Murchison, executive director of the W.E.B.
DuBois Community Development Corporation, that
had been set for Tuesday, Sept. 12, has been
delayed to Wednesday, Oct. 25.
Murchison’s attorney, Charles Putterman of
Raleigh, said Tuesday the DA’s staff is “still
reviewing records. They’re busy.”
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Three to get free power
for a month |
To celebrate Public Power Week
Oct. 1 through 7, the Town of Wake Forest will
give some of it away.
Three lucky Wake Forest residents will get free
power for the month of October.
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Some Christmas Tour
homes announced |
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In 2004, the last time the Wake
Forest Historic Home Tour was held, two of the
houses were “works in progress,” the William
Thompson House that is now on Old 98 and the J.L.
Reid House at 238 North Main Street. This year
the new owners will throw them open to show just
how well that work has progressed.
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Auditions Tuesday
for RLTT ‘Poe’ production |
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The Road Less Traveled Theatre,
which has adopted Wake Forest as its home base,
plans a production of “Poe: The Elevation of
Decay” early in November. Auditions will be held
Tuesday, Sept. 19, for six cast members.
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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
Variety of activities offered |
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The Wake Forest Parks and
Recreation Department offers programs for all
ages and a variety of interests. The following
are part of the department’s lineup for this
fall.
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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
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Chief bringing fire truck
to cool off 4-Alarm Chili |
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Wake Forest Fire Chief Jerry
Swift and chefs from Station #1 and Station #2
will compete at the first Four-Alarm Chili
Cook-off at the Wake Forest Farmers’ Market on
Sept. 23, and they will bring along a fire truck
to put out any chili fires.
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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
College savings plans on track?
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones |
The 2006-2007 school year has
begun. If you are a parent of a college student,
you have probably made arrangements to meet
those hefty tuition payments – and some of these
arrangements can involve considerable sacrifice.
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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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