Who will be
on the ballot?

Filing starts Friday at noon for three seats on the Wake Forest Town Board, and a local telephone poll is floating the names of eight possible candidates: present Commissioners David Camacho and Velma Boyd, former commissioners Rob Bridges and Chris Malone, and planning board members Mike Martin, Chris Kaeberlein, Ward Marotti and Peter Thibodeau.
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Irrigation requests
top June permits

The Wake Forest Planning and Inspections office was flooded with requests for in-lawn irrigation plumbing permits during June, 93 in all.
No individual irrigation permits had been reported in the first five months of 2007, although the systems are included in the permits for larger, more expensive homes in some subdivisions.
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Photographer, watercolorist
featured at Art After Hours

Two area artists, a photographer and a woman who specializes in water color portraits of children and pets, will be featured in Wake Forest studios Friday, July 13, for this month’s Art After Hours from 6 to 9 p.m. Click here for the complete story

Get a thrill
from Blueberry Hill

Fats Domino would really get a thrill from the blueberries Louis and Shirley Jackson produce, and the couple is sharing them with the customers at Saturday’s Wake Forest Farmers’ Market.
Cleaned and graded, each plump dark blue berry is sweet on the tongue by itself, ideal for pies and cobblers and good for your health.
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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.

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.

Road Roundup

(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

Please send information about upcoming events to info@wakeforestnc.com
Send your stories to: Editor: Carol Pelosi CWPelosi@aol.com

Northeast plan, fire
station on agenda

Tuesday, July 10, the Wake Forest Planning and Town boards will hear public comments about the development and investment plan for the northeast area of town, and the planning board will make a recommendation about a proposed rezoning to allow a fire station on Forestville Road.
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The Growth Rate

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.  Click here for the complete story

Home building steady
but much slower

After three years in which Wake Forest has seen 900 to over 1,000 homes added each year, the building rate has apparently slowed.
For the first six months of 2007, permits for only 336 homes have been issued, which could mean an increase of under 800 new homes this year. The town commissioners have set a goal of 800 or fewer homes each year to stretch the water allocation in the merger contract with Raleigh as far as possible. Earlier, it was thought desirable to have a residential growth rate of between 800 and 1,000 homes to pay off the cost of water/sewer merger earlier.
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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.

Financial column
Make it financial independence day
By Louis Mullinger, Edward Jones (Financial planning)

This week, we are observing the Fourth of July. But at some point in your life, you'll want to celebrate another type of Independence Day, Financial Independence Day. When will it occur? It's up to you. Here are a few suggestions for speeding it along: Click here for the complete story