Bryan calls WF
‘best town in county’

Friday morning Joe Bryan, former mayor of Knightdale and current and past chairman of the Wake County Board of Commissioners, took on a new role as head of the Wake Forest Boosters’ Club, saying, “Wake Forest is the best town in Wake County.
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Mayor, chamber want
more jobs in WF

Early this year Mayor Vivian Jones outlined her goals for 2008, which were to encourage economic development, provide public transportation and fund additional cultural arts and art activities.
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Learn about
bypass plans

Clearing and grading are underway for the third leg of the N.C. 98 bypass, and the state Department of Transportation will hold an informational meeting about the project next Tuesday, April 29.
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Town hall update

A company has cleared most of the site where Wake Forest’s new town hall will stand on Brooks Street, and now a town crew is preparing for the loss of several parking spaces.
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Vote early
beginning Saturda

Wake Forest area residents will be able to cast their votes early in the May 6 primary at a convenient location.
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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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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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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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Last chance to donate;
plan to buy more

This year’s collection drive for the Friends of the Wake Forest Library’s annual used book sale will end Wednesday, April 30, to allow them time to sort and arrange the books in the old Winn-Dixie at Wake Forest Plaza.
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Road Roundup

If Trammell Crow Residential does not request an extension of the special use permit for The Alexan, a 288-unit apartment complex, the construction of Ligon Mill Road between South Main Street and Capital Boulevard will fall into limbo again. TCR had planned to remove the sewer pump station in the road’s right-of-way, build two of the four future road lanes and grade for the remaining two travel lanes and median. Their section of the road was planned from the current end near Wal-Mart to Caveness Farm Avenue.
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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

U.S. Census Bureau estimated recently that 106 people moved into Wake County every day between July of 2006 and July of 2007, adding 38,841 new residents. That is a population increase of 4.9 percent, giving Wake the seventh largest numerical growth in the nation and making it the 60^th largest. We have 832,970 people. Wake is now larger than Prince Georges County and Baltimore County in Maryland and Gwinnett County in Georgia.
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Maps now on line
for high-speed rail

In recent years Wake Forest has seen only local freight trains on what was once the busy Seaboard Airline Railroad through town, but plans are moving ahead to make those railroad tracks a part of the Southeast High-Speed Rail network to link Washington, D.C., Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta and even New Orleans.
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WF Golf Club
still for sale

At least two people plan to make offers to purchase Wake Forest Golf Club from owner Joel Young, and Hubert Jenks is optimistic about the future of the 18-hole course in his backyard.
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Herbfest continuing
through Sunday

Wake Forest’s unique plant sale, gardening seminar, and immersion into everything herbal, green and beautiful will continue through Sunday at its new location, Festival Park at 527 South White Street.
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Hoping for sun
at second Sunday

Members of the Wake Forest Cultural Arts Association are crossing all their fingers, hoping for better weather this Sunday, April 27, for the second concert in the Six Sundays in Spring series.
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New market vendors
as weather improves

More vendors continue to crowd into the South White Street gazebo parking lot every Saturday for the Wake Forest Farmers’ Market, and market organizers say they have leased all the possible spots.
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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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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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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.

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.