Three file
for three seats

Thus far three people have paid their $15 to file as candidates for the three open seats on the Wake Forest Town Board – present Commissioners Velma Boyd and David Camacho and former commissioner Rob Bridges. All three filed on Monday in town hall after the filing period began last Friday.
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Looking for a
drop to drink?

The level of Falls Lake, the drinking water supply for over 350,000 people in Wake County, has been falling precipitously in recent days as drought conditions worsen, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which controls the lake, predicts it will continue to fall, triggering more water conservation measures.
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It will be
a busy weekend

There will be plenty to do in Wake Forest this coming weekend, and the biggest problem may be fitting it all in. Consider the following events and attractions. Click here for the complete story

It will be live,
not phoned in

Last month Commissioner Stephen Barrington had to be out of town on the regular town board meeting date and asked if he could participate by telephone as two Wake County commissioners have done recently.
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Lots of long green
for green grass

The Wake Forest Gazette had only part of the story last week when it reported about the local rush to apply for irrigation permits before July 2 when the City of Raleigh began requiring a second water meter. Click here for the complete story

Fourth was
a huge hit

The receipts are not all counted, the numbers are still in limbo, but Wake Forest Fourth of July chairman Rhonda Alderman knows that last week’s Independence Day celebration was a great success. “Everything was GREAT and I am VERY PLEASED!” Click here for the complete story

Last week a White Street merchant suggested to Commissioner Frank Drake that the American and North Carolina flags should again fly in the historic downtown area, Drake mentioned it to business owner Bob Johnson who immediately sent it on to his large e-mail list, and by the middle of this week almost everyone in town was on board with the idea. Click here for the complete story

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.

National Night Out
set for Aug. 7

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

Help us query
the candidates

Once we get the slate of candidates, the election fun begins for the rest of us. We get to ask them questions about their views, and the Gazette plans to interview all the candidates this fall.
This is where the Gazette needs your help because a staff of one cannot think of all the concerns all of the people in town have.
You may begin to submit your concerns and questions today either by sending an e-mail to cwpelosi@aol.com or writing a letter and sending it to Carol Pelosi, 1255 S. Main St., Wake Forest, NC 27587.

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

Town hall trees
to be saved

Tuesday night the Wake Forest commissioners chose the alternate plan for the future town hall which saves two landmark trees and saves $347,500 in construction cost. On the other side of the ledger, there are 27 fewer parking spaces in the alternate plan and the town green between the new town hall and H.L. Miller Park may be reduced by two acres.
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Build up the northeast
and Ailey Young Park

Tuesday night the Wake Forest Planning Board unanimously recommended the town board approve and implement the Northeast Neighborhood Plan with two conditions, that the needs at Ailey Young Park be addressed and that a planning staff member be charged with coordinating the plan’s implementation. Click here for the complete story

Paving and
sidewalk updates

There are two parts of the state Department of Transportation and two contractors involved in the repaving/resurfacing projects that intersect at the new CVS corner, North White Street and N.C. 98 (Wait Avenue). Click here for the complete story

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.
The monthly event sponsored by the Downtown Revitalization Corporation draws people to the town’s historic downtown to socialize, ride a horse-drawn carriage along South White Street, shop in the stores which remain open until 9 p.m., look at art and handcrafts of all kinds and end with a meal at a downtown restaurant.
Durham photographer Dwayne Heubner has been taking pictures of the flowers in the Doris Duke Garden at Duke University, and some of his work will be on display at the Sunflower Studio on East Jones Avenue, just off South White Street.
“These are exquisite,” Sunflower owner Linda Burrell said of Heubner’s photographs and urged flower lovers to come to see them.
She and the others in the studio will be serving light refreshments and wine, and the music for the evening will be by local guitarist and teacher Mark Abbott.
The Cotton Company on South White Street will host a reception and wine tasting for July’s featured artist, Susan Espin. She is from New Orleans and now lives in the Triangle. In her water colors, her goal is “the idea of capturing one moment in time.”
Be sure to also visit the other shops which will be open that evening.

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
Speed up your mortgage payments?
By Louis Mullinger, Edward Jones (Financial planning)

Most people who have mortgages dream of a day when they won't. In fact, many mortgage-holders speed up their payments to make that day arrive sooner. Is that smart, from a financial standpoint? Not necessarily.  Click here for the complete story