Chief, fire board
agree on resignation

Twenty-one months after he took over as chief of the Wake Forest Fire Department, Jerry Swift has resigned effective Monday, April 14
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Raleigh eases
water rules

All the recent rain, mist and drizzle have filled Falls Lake to more than a foot above normal pool, which is 251.5 feet above mean sea level.
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Herbfest opens
April 18

What was originally a one-weekend plant sale has become a 10-day spring festival about everything herbal, green and beautiful.
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Town hall financing
on agenda

The theme of next Tuesday’s Wake Forest Town Board meeting will be new buildings – the new town hall and the annex planned by the Wake Forest Birthplace Museum.
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Two changes to
Six Sundays roster

Gail Joyner, chairman of the Wake Forest Cultural Arts Association, announced this week two changes to the line-up for Six Sundays in Spring. Jason Adamo will replace the Mambo White Boys on May 4 and Thad Cockrell, a Wake Forest native, has been signed for Mother’s Day, May 11.
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Money-raising opportunity

Wednesday Wake Forest Community Council President Carolyn Furr announced an unusual money-raising opportunity for local nonprofit groups and clubs.
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Hoops for WF
return May 17

The 13^th annual Hoops for Wake Forest, a basketball tournament that provides fun for its participants and funding for local nonprofit groups, will return to Brooks Street in downtown Wake Forest on Saturday, May 17.
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Market’s honey can
help your allergies

If you are sniffling and sneezing – and who isn’t? – you might try some of fresh honey from the Wake Forest Farmers’ Market to help relieve your symptoms.
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Rabies clinic
May 1 in WF

Wake County Animal Care will hold a rabies clinic in Wake Forest Thursday, May 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Northern Regional Center, 350 East Holding Avenue.
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Time to toss
those used books

The annual used book sale organized by the Friends of Wake Forest Library will be held Saturday, May 3, at the old, old Winn-Dixie in what was Wake Forest Plaza at the intersection of Brooks Street and East Elm Avenue. The sale is the same day as Meet in the Street.
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Asthma Coalition
sponsors picnic

The Wake County Asthma Coalition will host a family picnic May 10 to celebrate World Asthma Day and Asthma Awareness Month.
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Love fireworks? Join
the 4^th committee

he Wake Forest Fourth of July Celebration will delight crowds of people again this year as it has done since 1973.x
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No letter, just $600
in this bottle

This was the first year Melinda Hunnicutt went out to help with the Neuse River Spring Clean-Up sponsored by the Neuse River Association. It will not be the last because she found the treasure, $600 stuffed inside a beer bottle.
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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.

Rain allows Holding
Pool to open

Falls Lake is full, and Holding Pool will be full this summer also.
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The Growth Rate

Just to give your spirits a lift, watch for the congregation of gazing balls in the lawn at the corner of South Main and Elm. Their number has grown since last year and it is a mystery how they move, forming and reforming patterns over the week.
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10,000 expected
at Meet in the Street

More than 10,000 people are expected Saturday, May 3, for the 28^th annual Meet in the Street in historic downtown Wake Forest.
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NBC-17 unveils
new WF site

Wake Forest Community Council members applauded Wednesday when Maryann Balbo and Teran Rankin from NBC-17 finished presenting the plans for an interactive web site devoted to the good news, the community news about and from Wake Forest.
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Demolition permits
signal new town hall

>We have been hearing about plans for the new Wake Forest Town Hall and some of us have seen drawings and possible building materials, but the first visible signs may be a whoosh, a crash and some dust from the demolition of the three buildings that stand on the town hall site.
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Fashion on display
for Art After Hours

The Cotton Company plans a new twist for April’s Art After Hours, a high-style fashion show.
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WF Singers
entertain April 13

You are invited to dream along with the Wake Forest Singers and guest harpist Anita Burroughs-Price Sunday, April 13, at 7 p.m. for their concert at Franklin Academy High School, “Catch the Spirit – Ponder Your Dreams.
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From the chamber
New car raffle

If you like the looks of the 2008 Nissan Sentra parked in front of the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce office, it can be yours if you buy a $250 ticket and win the raffle. And you have a one in 80 chance.
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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.
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Summit to be held
at town hall

Because there will be one-stop voting for the May 6 primary in the Community House during the last part of April, the third annual Community Leadership Summit sponsored by the Wake Forest Human Relations Council will be held in the board room at town hall.
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MLK Committee
needs new members

The Wake Forest Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration Committee invites everyone interested in joining the committee or learning how to support the annual celebration to its meeting on Monday, April 21, at 7 p.m. at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church on Friendship Chapel Road.
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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 town has put up new signs and painted new parking space lines on East Jones Avenue at the request of the shop owners on the street. Please take note that you can now enter the street only from South White Street and you cannot enter from Brooks Street.
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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.

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The Gazette wants to be where you learn about what is happening in the Wake Forest community.