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Town, firemen agree
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Tuesday
evening town and fire department officials
agreed they should plan for future personnel,
equipment and stations together, and a committee
with Town Manager Mark Williams, Wake Forest
Fire Department Chief Jerry Swift, two
commissioners and two directors from the fire
board would be established to make plans and
keep both bodies informed.
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Town, Ammons
to fix erosion problem |
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The town
will take responsibility to fix the erosion and
flooding problems some Wait Avenue residents
have experienced after the state Department of
Transportation finished using but never seeded
or stabilized a borrow pit on the Ammons
reservoir tract.
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56 homes added
in May in WF |
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Builders
paid for 56 residential building permits in May:
24 townhouses and 32 single-family hones.
Those 56 homes make a total of 267 homes that
will be added to the town in the first five
months of 2007. It is a rate lower than in some
past years.
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Library news
Parking lot now open |
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The
parking lot at the Wake Forest Library is now
open. It had been closed for construction of a
larger lot to accommodate both the library and
the Northern Regional Center, which is planned
to open early next year.
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Youth can apply
now for new board |
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Area high
school students who are interested in serving on
the newly-formed Youth Advisory Board during the
1007-2008 school year may apply now on
applications available both at the Wake Forest
Town Hall and at the town’s web site
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How to advertise |
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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 . . . |
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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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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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Please send information about upcoming
events to
info@wakeforestnc.com
Send your stories to: Editor: Carol Pelosi
CWPelosi@aol.com
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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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Water/sewer policy,
GreenPower on agenda |
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The Town
of Wake Forest no longer owns the water and
sewer systems serving its residents, but the
town commissioners still want to husband the
water and lessen the flow of sewer to stay
within the terms of the contract with the City
of Raleigh and avoid purchasing more water or
sewer capacity.
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Honor guards to
help
celebrate the Fourth |
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The chairman of Wake Forest’s Fourth of July
Committee, Rhonda Alderman, and her committee
have lined up honor guards, a popular band, and
an array of people and groups for this year’s
stadium and fireworks show.
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Taste the Market
this Saturday |
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When was the last time you cracked an egg laid
by a hen who had roamed fresh meadow grass? When
did you last bite into a snap bean picked that
morning and so fresh it really did snap? When
did you last cook a freshly-dug red-skin potato
and taste the sweetness?
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From the
chamber
New director named |
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The award-winning president of the Morrisville
Chamber of Commerce has been chosen as the new
executive director for the Wake Forest Chamber
of Commerce and will be in the office on South
White Street beginning July 9.
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How to get a notice |
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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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Financial column
Smart moves for college grads
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones (Financial planning) |
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It's that
time of year when students from across the
country graduate from college. If you're one of
them, you'll be anticipating a new chapter in
your life. And that means you'll have to do your
homework on a very important topic: your
financial situation. It's one subject in which
you'll definitely want to earn a passing grade.
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