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Two projects will
add 4,000 residents |
If the
Wake Forest commissioners approve two projects
Tuesday night – not a sure thing but a pretty
safe bet – the town’s population will grow by at
least 4,000 residents.
Alexan at Ligon Mill, a 288-unit apartment
complex north of Wal-Mart, could have 575
occupants, based on a conservative two people
per unit.
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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, town
settle on roundabout |
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The
discussion included a trip outside to see look
at the surveyors’ stakes last Wednesday as the
directors for the Wake Forest Fire Department
and town officials agreed on the Franklin Street
median and roundabout.
The plan, Deputy Town Manager Roe O’Donnell
said, is for a 17-foot median with trees and
shrubs and 17-foot travel lanes. On each side of
the redesigned roadway will be 6-foot sidewalks
separated from the street by 6 feet of grass and
trees.
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Carriage rides, fun
in downtown Friday |
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The
carriage rides were very popular last month, and
Downtown Manager Tina Archer has booked the
horse, carriage and driver for this coming
Friday’s Art After Hours so that families,
couples and individuals can enjoy a spin up and
down South White Street.
You will find balloons marking those studios,
shops and restaurants participating in the
monthly event that runs from 6 to 9 p.m. on May
11.
There may be more but two studios have special
events planned.
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See White Street’s
new look |
South
White Street, the heart of downtown Wake Forest,
is in need of a make-over, and that is what the
White Street Streetscape Project plans to do.
Thursday night, May 10, you can see what is
being planned. Allison Platt, the design
consultant, will be at town hall from 7 to 9
p.m. with artists’ drawings of what the street
will look like when the project is complete.
The project will begin at the north end of the
street at Roosevelt Avenue and will include new
paving, steps and ramps to make all stores
accessible for everyone, plantings and
replacement of the original granite curbs.
For more information, call planner Agnes Wanman
at 554-3911 or write to her at
awanman@wakeforestnc.gov. |
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CDC plans large
health fair |
“We want it to be the biggest health fair
around,” Brendora King, said this week. “We want
people to know there are resources out there to
help them.”
King and others on staff at the W.E.B. DuBois
Community Development Corporation are planning
the health fair for Saturday, May 19, in the
parking lot at their building on North White
Street behind the new CVS drug store.
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Al Williams heads
the Sunday bill |
One of the
favorites at Six Sundays in Spring, R&B vocalist
Al Williams, will be on the stage at the Calvin
Jones House Sunday for the Mothers Day concert.
Williams will be backed up by a band led by Wake
Forest resident Scott DeMattos.
The Gazette apologizes for not knowing the
featured group for last week, the Carolina
Chocolate Drops, was not able to perform.
Youngsville’s Freddie Green and his band stepped
in at the last minute and charmed the crowd.
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WF Farmers’ Market
open officially May 12 |
The market
days in April were just a teaser, a prologue.
The Wake Forest Farmers’ Market will have its
grand opening for the spring and summer season
this Saturday, May 12, with raffles, balloons,
and an array of wares.
One of last year’s most popular guests, Susan
Quinby-Honer of Red Hen Enterprises, will be
back, demonstrating vermicomposting. That’s the
process of allowing worms to turn your coffee
grounds, tea leaves, vegetable and fruit scraps
into incredibly rich compost.
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Local congregations
sponsor
Zimbabwe mission |
The
warning goes “Be careful what you ask for. You
just might get it.”
Dr. Enoch E. Holloway, pastor of Friendship
Chapel Baptist Church in Wake Forest, along with
representatives from Wake Baptist Grove in
Garner and Poplar Springs Christian Church in
Raleigh will travel to Zimbabwe in the southern
part of Africa on May 14 for a three-week
mission trip. Did they ask for this mission? Not
necessarily. However, they have become the
answer to the question, so to speak.
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Seminary groups
present ‘Jubilate’ |
The fifth
annual musical presentation of “Jubilate” will
take place in Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary’s Binkley Chapel Thursday night, May
10, at 8 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
The Chapel Choir, the Male Chorale, the Seminary
Orchestra, Faithful Men, Doxology Vocal Ensemble
and Doxology Instrumental Ensemble will present
a wide variety of musical styles from classical
to contemporary Christian music.
The concert will also include hymns sung by the
congregation. |
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Host families needed
for exchange program |
About 25
high school students from around the world will
be arriving in the Raleigh area late in July for
a 10-week orientation program to get a jump
start on English as it is spoken here and local
culture before they begin an exchange year in a
U.S. high school.
The nonprofit cultural exchange organization
sponsoring the program, World Heritage Student
Exchange, is seeking volunteer host families who
will welcome these students into their hearts
and homes.
The students, who will range in age from 15 to
18, have completed a rigorous application
process and we selected based on their
outstanding character and academics.
The families are needed to provide a room and
some transportation to the academic site.
This is a wonderful opportunity to expose your
family to a different culture.
If you are interested, call Megan Landwehr, the
World Heritage area representative, at 946-0417,
Megmae1230@yahoo.com,
http://www.world-heritage.org/. |
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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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Financial column
Do you need an investment club?
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones (Financial planning) |
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Investment
clubs are quite popular these days. In fact,
even if you aren't in a club yourself, the
chances are pretty good that you know someone
who is. Should you consider joining such a club?
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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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Time Tuesday
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If you are a resident of Wake Forest, you will
have a chance to voice your opinion about the
budget for the upcoming fiscal year during
Tuesday night’s town board meeting.
The budget Town Manager Mark Williams has
proposed calls for a 54-cent property tax rate
for the fourth year. In June of 2004 the town
board approved that 54-cent rate to give the
Wake Forest Fire Department all the 10 cents of
the tax rate then-Chief Jimmy Keith had been
requesting for three years.
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A peek at town
hall,
rezonings on agenda |
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Tuesday night the architects from Little
Diversified will unveil how they are designing
the exterior of Wake Forest’s new town hall.
They are responding to comments earlier this
spring about the lack of detail and the
blandness of the town hall exterior at that
stage in the design process.
The rest of the agenda demonstrates just how
busy that new town hall will be.
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Housing rehab fair
on June 4 |
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Does
your house need better plumbing or heating? Is
the porch rickety? Do you need newer, safer
wiring?
If your income does not stretch to make the
repairs you want to do, you need to attend the
Housing Rehabilitation Program Fair at the
DuBois Center the afternoon and evening of
Monday, June 4. There will be two sessions: from
3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Second youth forum
Saturday, May 19 |
The second
youth forum will be held Saturday, May 19, from
9 to 11 a.m. at the Flaherty Park Community
Center.
The meeting will continue the process of setting
up a Youth Advisory Board to join the other town
advisory boards.
For information about the forum and the planned
board, the town has created a
web page. |
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N. Main yard sale
Friday, Saturday |
Neighbors
along Wake Forest’s historic North Main Street
will be setting out antiques, collectibles and
all sorts of good stuff early Friday and
Saturday mornings, May 11 and 12, for what is
turning into an annual communal yard sale.
“We did it last year up and down the street, and
we were quite successful,” Louise Howard, who is
one of the organizers, said. “People called me
and said, we need to do it again. I’ve got stuff
I want to get rid of.”
At least six families will be participating, and
potential buyers can spot those homes because
there will be balloons and signs in front of
each participating residence.
The families will be selling antique furniture
and accessories, antique or vintage linens,
glassware and china, books, garden equipment,
holiday decorations, clothing, exercise
equipment and more.
The times are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, rain or
shine. Dealers are welcome, but the neighbors
are asking there be no buyers until 8 a.m. They
need to enjoy their coffee in peace.
“It’s nice for people,” Howard said. “They can
just come and go up and down the street.” |
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Town employees,
officials pick up trash |
In a
demonstration of their commitment to keeping
Wake Forest clean, more than 40 Town of Wake
Forest employees and officials were out bright
and early Saturday, April 28, to pick up trash
along the N.C. 98 bypass.
In just under three hours, they picked up 1,300
pounds of trash that filled 130 bags.
The town is encouraging residents of the town
and the area to take personal responsibility for
the environment by not littering. Thoughtful
people also pick up after others when they can.
Saturday’s outing was part of the North Carolina
Department of Transportation’s Litter Sweep
Roadside Cleanup. |
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2007
garden tour
a week away |
Does your
garden have red clay over rock? Do you want to
conserve precious water and yet have blooms?
Would you be interested in a plot in a community
garden? Do you want to build a private garden
despite close neighbors?
You will find answers the weekend of May 19 and
20, Saturday and Sunday, when the Wake Forest
Garden Club hosts its biennial tour of area
gardens.
This year’s tour is named The Secret Lives of
Gardeners … Look and Learn and illustrates how
different gardeners are coping with or enjoying
different situations. And, as they will tell
you, any garden is a work in progress.
The tour, which wends from North Main Street
through Heritage and Chalks Road, is from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 19 and from noon to
4 p.m. Sunday, May 20.
Tickets are available now and are $8 in advance
of the tour, $10 the days of the tour. You can
find them 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
with a map locating them. |
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From the
library
Book sale netted $2,700 |
The
Friends of the Wake Forest Public Library netted
$2,700 from the used book sale Saturday, thanks
to the generous people who donated the books and
those, sometimes the same people, who bought
books.
The money will be used for projects at the
library on East Holding Avenue and will include
about $5,000 for a new young-adult reading and
listening center, children’s and adult programs
and special needs.
The used book sale is held each year on the
first Saturday in May. The Friends thank Craig
Briner, who owns Wake Forest Plaza, and Dick
Monteith, his local agent, who have allowed them
to use the former Winn-Dixie for the sale for
three years. |
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Holding Park Pool
opens May 26 |
Ah,
summer! When chlorine-scented water and eager
young bodies collide in splashes, yells, some
coordinated swimming and a lot of fun.
Wake Forest’s public pool in Holding Park will
open for the 2007 season on Saturday, May 26.
There will be a restricted schedule, weekends
only, through Sunday, June 10. From then through
Aug. 26 the pool will be open every day for
swimming by the general public as well as swim
lessons, lap swim times, parent-child swim
times, and water aerobics.
The open swim times in the 50-meter pool are 1
to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 7 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. The cost is $1 for children
2 and under, $3 for children from 3 to 12 and $4
for everyone over the age of 13.
Open swim passes for individuals are now for
sale at town hall at $40 per person for Wake
Forest residents and $65 per person for those
living outside the town limits.
The schedule for swim lessons will be available
May 21. Classes will be offered for pre-schoolers
and beginners. Registration will begin June 4 at
town hall. The fee is $35 for town residents,
$70 for out-of-town residents.
Passes for parent-toddler swim are available at
$30 per pass for one parent and up to two
children 4 and younger. The swim times will be
from noon to 1 p.m. Monday throughSaturday.
Passes for the lap swims are for individuals
only and cost $30. The lap swim times are noon
to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Water aerobics are scheduled for Monday and
Wednesday from 8 to 8:45 p.m., and the fee is
$35. There will be two sessions: June 11 through
July 11 and July 16 through Aug. 8.
For more information about the Holding Park Pool
programs, call Edward Austin, the athletic
coordinator for the Wake Forest Parks and
Recreation Department, at 554-6183. |
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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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