Board splits over
school election change

Tuesday night Mayor Vivian Jones wanted the five commissioners to agree to send a letter to the Wake legislative delegation supporting a change in the way Wake County Board of Education members are elected.
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Board OKs office
park, subdivision

Donald Nashold gave a sigh that could be heard across the Wake Forest Town Hall boardroom after the commissioners approved his small subdivision Tuesday night.
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CPC agrees plan
can go forward

Tuesday morning the Wake Forest Comprehensive Planning Committee recommended Doug Muhle’s plan for 93 single-family homes on 35 acres between Wait Avenue and Oak Grove Church Road have a water allocation of 40 tie-ins a year and go forward for planning department review.
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Spring’s bounty
will be at the market

Spring greens, new cheeses and maybe even the very first strawberries from Vollmer’s Farm will be for sale Saturday, March 22, at the Wake Forest Farmers’ Market in downtown Wake Forest.
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Keith delights crowd
with tales of the Harricane

Over 70 people, many of them from that area around and north of the Neuse, west of Wake Forest that is called the Harricane or Harricanes, laughed and sighed and joined in with information and experiences when Ryan Keith spoke Sunday afternoon about the area’s history.
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Quilt raffle
to help library

The Friends of the Wake Forest Library will raffle off a beautiful quilt that has been donated by the Wake Forest Quilting Friends at the annual membership meeting Tuesday, April 22.
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Town offices
closed Friday

Town hall and all the administrative offices of the Town of Wake Forest will be closed Friday, March 21, for Good Friday.
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Holding Park Pool
may not open in 2008

Tuesday night the Wake Forest Town Board agreed with staff’s recommendation that Holding Park Pool not be opened this year.
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Steps for Schools
5K race April 26

Steps for School, a new 5K race sponsored by the Key Club students at Wake Forest-Rolesville High School, will benefit vocational school students in the villages of Kaihura, Uganda.
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Road Roundup

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has set up a new website to inform area people about the progress on the final leg of the N.C. 98 bypass. Go to www.ncdot.org.
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WakeForestTimes.com

The Wake Forest Gazette and the WakeForestTimes.com, a new web-based information source for the Wake Forest area, have agreed to a mutually beneficial association. You will soon find a link to the WakeForestTimes.com site on the Gazette and there is a link to the Gazette on WakeForestTimes.com. Editor Carol Pelosi will be writing for WakeForestTimes.com and in return, in the future, will have support for the Gazette web site. There will also be opportunities for advertising on both.

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. To begin advertising, call Editor Carol Pelosi at 556-3409 or send her a note at cwpelosi@aol.com.

The Growth Rate

Bishop’s Landing, a 93-home subdivision on 35 acres between Wait Avenue (N.C. 98) and Oak Grove Church Road can be added to the list of subdivisions under review. On Tuesday the town’s Comprehensive Planning Committee recommended it go forward for review and later action by the planning and town boards. The committee’s vote is not a stamp of approval; it is only a finding that the project has enough public benefit for a water allocation of 40 units per year.
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Board approves
centennial requests

Tuesday night the Wake Forest Town Board agreed the Centennial Committee could sell personalized brick pavers that will be installed in the plaza for the new town hall, place a time capsule and a marker in the plaza and sell beer and wine during the Centennial Community Christmas Gala at the new town hall on Dec. 5, 2009.
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Enjoy family fun
at Heritage Day

A full day of fun for families and people interested in history, geology, birds and native plants is planned for Saturday, March 29, the B.W. Wells Heritage Day at Rock Cliff Farm.
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Waterline work
continues

The construction work along Stadium Drive and North Avenue is for a new 12-inch waterline which will improve water quality and water pressure in the northern part of town.
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HerbFest helpers
needed

The 2008 HerbFest in downtown Wake Forest will run from April 18 through April 27, and a lot of hands will be needed to make it a success.
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Garbage disposals
now expensive no-no

Earlier this month the Raleigh City Council voted to prohibit new or replacement garbage disposals in all homes and businesses.
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Summit focuses
on water conservation

The Wake Forest Human Relations Council will host its third annual Community Leadership Summit Wednesday, April 23, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Community House on West Owen Avenue.
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Love fireworks? Join
the 4^th committee

The Wake Forest Fourth of July Celebration will delight crowds of people again this year as it has done since 1973.
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Neuse Clean-Up
Saturday, April 5

Want to help Mother Earth with some spring cleaning?
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Include everything in planning

Planning board member Kim Parker raised some questions again Tuesday morning, asking that the impacts on schools, roads, water and other infrastructure be considered when the planning and town boards are considering residential developments.
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How to get a notice

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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.

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