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Holding Village
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Tuesday
night, May 1, the Wake Forest Planning Board
will be asked to make a recommendation about a
major mixed-use development, Holding Village,
and also consider special use permits for a
288-unit apartment complex on the future Ligon
Mill Road and a 40-acre shopping center at Jones
Dairy and the bypass. They will also review
plans for a restaurant on South Main Street.
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County will not
help
build fire service |
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“I’ve been
to three meetings with the county, and at the
last meeting I was told the county would not
fund any additional personnel, apparatus or fire
stations in Wake Forest,” Fire Chief Jerry Swift
told the board of directors for the independent
Wake Forest Fire Department Tuesday night.
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Thorn and Bolin
Creek
on stage Sunday |
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Banjo
player Andy Thorn and his bluegrass band, Bolin
Creek, will tune up their fiddles Sunday for the
second of Six Sundays in Spring.
The free, family-friendly concerts on the lawn
at the Wake Forest College Birthplace – the
Calvin Jones House – on North Main Street begin
at 5 and last until 7 p.m. Be sure to bring a
blanket or chairs, a picnic, dogs and Frisbees
and have a grand time. The series in its 16th
year is sponsored by the Wake Forest Cultural
Arts Association.
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Bach, Beethoven
concert May 4 |
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The Male
Chorale from Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary and the Northeast Piedmont Chorale will
present a free concert ranging from Bach and
Beethoven to folk songs and operetta Friday, May
4, at 8 p.m. in Binkley Chapel on the seminary
campus.
The groups will perform J.S. Bach’s Cantata
Number 106, “Gottes zeit ist die allerbeste zeit,”
(God’s Time is the Best Time) and Ludwig van
Beethoven’s “Hallelujah” from Christ on the
Mount of Olives.
They will also lend their voices to folk songs
such as “Shenandoah” and “Annie Laurie,” to a
number of songs from Gilbert and Sullivan
operetta, to a medley of patriotic pieces by
Irving Berlin and “The Last Words of David” by
Randall Thompson.
They will be accompanied by a professional
orchestra.
There will be a freewill love offering to offset
expenses.
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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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Financial
column
Keep track of your debt
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones (Financial planning) |
To
achieve your financial goals, you need to be a
diligent saver and investor. But you need to do
more than just build your assets. You also must
do a good job of managing your debts. If you let
your debts get out of control, they will
eventually erode your savings and investments.
When that happens, the road to financial success
can get pretty bumpy.
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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
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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
info@wakeforestnc.com
Send your stories to: Editor: Carol Pelosi
CWPelosi@aol.com
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Board will get
budget Tuesday |
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Town Manager Mark Williams and Finance Director
Aileen Staples will give the town commissioners
the proposed 2007-2008 budget Tuesday night
during the work session that begins at 5:30 p.m.
Aside from a review of the agenda for their
regular meeting on May 15, the only other agenda
item is a presentation by Tom Shipman on behalf
of the Greater Wake Forest Athletic Baseball
Commission. |
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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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Fire board unhappy
with roundabout |
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They
were not happy when they learned the Jimmy Keith
memorial at Station #1 would have to be moved to
make way for the Franklin Street roundabout at
Elm Avenue, but Tuesday night the Wake Forest
Fire Department directors decided they needed a
lawyer and a talk with Deputy Town Manager Roe
O’Donnell to make sure they can use both
driveways to turn in both directions and drive
down the renovated Franklin Street without tree
limbs knocking the mirrors off the fire trucks.
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Farmers’ Market
returns Saturday |
After a
week’s break because HerbFest took over the
South White Street parking lot, the Wake Forest
Farmers’ Market will be in full swing from 8
a.m. to noon.
The number of customers coming to the market has
been high, and the organizers are in hopes it
continues and grows.
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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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From the
library
Only 2 weeks to donate books |
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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 Saturday, 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.
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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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