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Disputed rezoning
may be delayed |
Developer
Jim Adams, who has requested a contested
rezoning at the corner of Burlington Mills and
Ligon Mill roads, will ask the Wake Forest
commissioners to delay action because the
neighborhood meeting will not take place until
April 24.
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The Growth Rate |
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If you have
questions about what is being built where,
please call 556-3409 or send a note to cwpelosi@aol.com
and we will try to answer it.
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Do you know
this man? |
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The man in
this picture reportedly robbed the Fidelity Bank
at 12201 Capital Blvd. Wednesday, April 11,
shortly after 11 a.m.
Wake Forest police are asking for help in
identifying the man, who reportedly opened a
bag, showed a teller a weapon and ordered the
teller to fill the bag with money. The teller
complied, giving the man an undisclosed amount
of cash. He then left the bank and drove away in
a white “work truck.”
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Board discussing
$21 million plan tonight |
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Tonight,
Wednesday, April 11, the Wake Forest
commissioners are discussing the $21 million
Capital Improvement Plan for 2007-2008. They
will take action on the plan Tuesday, April 20,
during their regular meeting.
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What is your
vision for WF? |
All town
residents and everyone with an interest in the
town are invited to a special town meeting
Thursday, April 19, to discuss the Wake Forest
Community Plan, which will be a blueprint for
the town commissioners and advisory groups as
they make future decisions about growth and the
town’s resources.
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Downtown news
Look for the balloons |
Red
and white balloons will mark the businesses
participating in this week’s Art After Hours
Friday, April 13.
There will also be free carriage rides from 6 to
9 p.m. provided by the Downtown Revitalization
Corporation and the mike at The Gazebo will
again be open to all singers and musicians.
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From the
chamber
Volunteers needed for Meet |
The Wake Forest Chamber of
Commerce is looking for a lot of volunteers to
help with the town’s largest event, Meet in the
Street, on Saturday, May 5.
The arts and crafts carnival always attracts at
least 10,000 visitors, and the chamber needs
people to direct traffic, work at the food
courts, set up the booths and clean up
afterward. Call 556-1519 and ask for Tresa Jalot,
who has taken on the job as acting executive
director since Mark Fleming left for a position
for N.C. Free.
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April’s Business After Hours will be Thursday,
April 19, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Heritage
Golf Club at 1250 Heritage Club Ave. |
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Busy start for
a cold market |
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Over 300
people visited the opening day of the Wake
Forest Farmers’ Market to find a welcoming array
of vendors, and the weather was matched by the
briskness of the sales.
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Rabies clinic set
for April 30 |
The Wake
County Animal Care, Control and Adoption Center
will be in Wake Forest Monday, April 30, from 5
to 7 p.m. They will be set up in the parking lot
of the old Winn-Dixie in the Wake Forest Plaza
at 409 Brooks Street.
North Carolina law requires all dogs and cats to
have a rabies vaccination at four months, and
the failure to vaccinate your pet is a fineable
crime. Licensed veterinarians will administer
the shots.
The charge is $5 for each cat, dog and ferret
vaccinated. The first vaccination is good for
one year, and the booster shots thereafter are
good for three years. You must bring a written
proof of the earlier vaccination for the
three-year shot.
Your pet must be restrained by a leash, carrier
or other device. |
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First WF Youth
Forum April 14 |
They
will be the voters, the homeowners, the parents
and the business people of the future. Maybe
they should have a voice in their future now.
That idea is the starting point behind the
town’s first Wake Forest Youth Forum that will
be held Saturday, April 14, from 9 a.m. to noon
at the Flaherty Park Community Center on North
White Street.
Mayor Vivian Jones suggested the event and said
she has been interested in creating a youth
advisory board for some time.
“We are always interested in hearing the views
of young people,” Jones said. “I believe that
creating a youth advisory board would be an
excellent way of giving our young people a voice
in their affairs, while at the same time getting
them involved in civic life.”
At this first forum, high school students will
be able to talk about forming a youth advisory
board and how it should be organized.
Any area high school student who wishes to
attend the Youth Forum is urged to pre-register
by calling 554-6180. |
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Artists wanted! |
The Wake
Forest Area Artists’ Studio Tour is seeking
local artists who will open their studios and
share their art during the 2007 tour.
It will be held on two weekends – Sept. 15 and
16 and Sept. 22 and 23. The opening reception,
where an example of each participating artist’s
work is displayed, will be held Friday, Sept.
14.
The deadline to submit applications is May 14.
Those applying will have their work juried on
May 17.
The tour began in 1995 and is an annual event
designed to provide the public with an
opportunity to observe the artistic process and
support local artists. You can find more about
the tour at
www.artistsstudiotour.com. Call Lauri
Arntsen at 556-2147 or Robin Hendricks at
617-9269 for more information. |
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Correction |
A quote in
the article about Holding Village was
accidentally not attributed. After planning
board member Michael Martin asked about setbacks
from the property line and where restaurants
would put their grease traps: “In the middle of
the road?” it was Planning Director Chip Russell
who said, “If the City of Raleigh says you are
going to have to have a grease trap, there are
other requirements that are going to weigh into
what your setback is.”
The editor regrets the omission. |
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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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How to get a notice |
If you are
reading The Wake Forest Gazette but do not
always remember to find it each week, let Editor
Carol Pelosi send you a notice on Wednesday
evenings that the newest edition is online.
Just send her an e-mail at
cwpelosi@aol.com and she will add your name
and e-mail address to her notification list. The
messages are sent as blind copies to respect
your privacy.
The free online newspaper had a monthly average
of 7,645 hits from individual computers for
September through December, 260 a day in
December. The editor thanks all her readers. |
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Please send information about upcoming
events to
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Send your stories to: Editor: Carol Pelosi
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Another round of
change
for downtown WF |
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The historic downtown section of Wake Forest is
in the process of reinventing itself again, and
Downtown Manager Tina Archer is helping with the
nuts and bolts.
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Two more shopping
centers proposed |
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Last month there was news about two shopping
centers along Capital Boulevard in Wake Forest,
and this month planner Ann Ayers says she has at
least preliminary information about two more,
Wake Forest Commons and La Scala Uptown.
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‘Focus on WF’
wins important award |
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It has
only been on the air since February and already
the town’s monthly information program, “Focus
on Wake Forest,” has won a prestigious award.
The Annual Telly Awards honors the best in
local, regional and cable television commercials
and programs. There are more than 13,000 entries
each year, and some of the past recipients are
Microsoft, NBA Entertainment, Nickelodeon, Nike
Inc. and Black Entertainment Television.
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WF tax office
one of those closed |
The
Jackson Hewitt office in Wake Forest at 1241 S.
Main St. is one of those affected by accusations
of fraud by the U.S. Department of Justice
against Smart Tax of North Carolina, the
franchise which operates that office and 33
others in the Triangle.
The Wake Forest will remain open long enough to
finish the returns for existing customers but
will not accept any new clients. The lights are
on but the open sign is not lit.
The accusations against the franchise include
preparing tax returns with phony W-2 numbers,
using borrowed or purchased Social Security
numbers to claim more dependents and false
information to inflate earned income tax
credits. |
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It must be spring;
here come Six Sundays |
For the
16th spring, the Wake Forest Cultural Arts
Association will present the concert series Six
Sundays in Spring.
These are free, family- and neighbor-friendly
concerts on the lawn at the Wake Forest College
Birthplace (the Calvin Jones House) on North
Main Street. People bring picnics, lawn chairs,
blankets, dogs, Frisbees and balloons and have a
rollicking time listening to good music, talking
to their neighbors, eating, playing with
children and dogs and soaking up the ambiance of
a small-town Sunday afternoon event. It runs
from 5 to 7 p.m.
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Neuse River
Clean-up
is April 14 |
Get out
your waders, boots, gloves and canoes! April 14
is the day to hit the water and the banks to
clean up the Neuse – once again, to be sure, but
maybe, someday all the trash-throwers will tune
into the message.
In the meantime, the Neuse River Foundation is
counting on the wonderful folks who have turned
out for four years to clean the 50 miles of the
river from Falls Dam to Smithfield.
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HerbFest to offer
sustainable horticulture |
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The eighth
HerbFest will draw visitors to downtown Wake
Forest the weekend of April 20-22, and this year
gardeners can purchase eco-friendly plants that
are raised using beneficial soil microbes,
organically-based fertilizer and non-harmful
pest and disease treatments.
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Horseshoe Farm
friends
want a decision |
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It
has been a year since the master planning
committee for Raleigh Parks unanimously adopted
the master plan for Horseshoe Farm Park, and the
Friends of Horseshoe Farm are wondering why the
Raleigh City Council has not taken any action.
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Garden tour
tickets on sale |
The Wake
Forest Garden Club will host its biennial tour
of area gardens – The Secret Life of Gardeners …
Look and Learn – the weekend of May 19 and 20,
and pre-event tickets are now on sale.
The tickets sold before the event are $8 each;
they will be $10 the days of the tour.
Garden club members have tickets, and they are
also for sale at the Wake Forest Chamber of
Commerce, The Purple Poppy, NC Specialty Shops,
Wake Forest Auto Spa, The Lighthouse Candles and
Gifts, all in Wake Forest, and The Ink Spot in
Raleigh.
The ticket is a brochure listing the gardens
that includes a map of how to find them. |
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From the
library
17 used book collection sites |
It is time
to clean out the bookshelves and donate those
books you have read to the Friends of the
Library annual used book sale, which will be
held in the former Winn-Dixie on Brooks Street
on May 5.
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Schools the topic
for second summit |
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The Wake
Forest Human Relations Council plans its second
annual Community Leadership Summit for Thursday,
April 26, at the Wake Forest Elementary School
on West Sycamore Avenue. The program will run
from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Education and schools were two of the areas of
concern that were raised during the first
summit.
The HRC has invited the Wake County
commissioners, Wake County Board of Education
members and other school officials to attend.
Area residents and government leaders are also
invited to attend to discuss the future of
education in the county and look toward
solutions. The summit will end with the
formulation of an action plan to address the
voiced concerns.
For more information about the HRC, you can call
chairman Mitch Lawson at 554-2293, vice-chairman
Charles Martin at 761-1147.
Or go
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How to advertise |
You can
now advertise your business or service in The
Wake Forest Gazette at a reasonable cost.
A rotating banner at the top of each page costs
$75 a month, and a listing in the business index
costs $25 a month. To begin advertising, call
Editor Carol Pelosi at 556-3409 or send her a
note at
cwpelosi@aol.com. |
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We welcome . . . |
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
Tips for new parents
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones (Financial planning) |
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If you
have just had a child, you are no doubt excited
and happy, though you could probably use a
little more sleep. And if you are like most new
parents, you have big dreams for your little
one. But to help make those dreams come true,
you need to make the right financial moves. And
the best time to start is now.
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