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Despite rain, drought
likely to continue
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It had rained that
day and Wake Forest was green, but the prediction from a drought expert was
blunt: North Carolina’s ten-year drought, broken by a couple wet years, will
continue.
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Sanford greenway
adds a mile
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Last Thursday Wake
Forest officially added a mile to its greenway system when the Heritage South
section of the Sanford Creek Greenway Trail opened.
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Long agenda faces
WF planners
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Pack a snack if you
plan to attend Tuesday night’s planning board meeting, because it will be a
long slog through a busy agenda.
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The Meet does not
mellow with age
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Meet in the Street,
Wake Forest’s street fair, is not slowing down as it ages; in fact, it is
livelier than ever and offers more fun for everyone.
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Maybe the third
Sunday will have sun
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The mischievous
little rain imp who dropped a cloudburst on the first of Six Sundays in Spring
was at it again last Sunday, but this time he overslept and only washed out the
last 45 minutes of the two-hour concert last Sunday.
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Market takes a break
For Meet in Street
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The Wake Forest Farmers’ Market will
have a week’s hiatus while the vendors and fun for Meet in the Street fill the
gazebo parking lot, but all market will return on May 10 for the season’s grand
opening.
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Rabies clinic
May 1 in WF
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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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WakeForestTimes.com
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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.
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How to advertise
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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.
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The Growth Rate
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Some time in August
or September the Wake Forest Library staff and friends will pack up the
shelving, some of the books and most of the furniture in the building on East
Holding Avenue and move to an empty storefront in the strip mall between
Wal-Mart and O’Charlie’s, Yvonne Allen, the local library manager, said this
week
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One-Stop site open
through Saturday
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The
One-Stop Absentee Voting site in Wake Forest will be open through Saturday, May
3.
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Stock up on your
winter reading
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Or, perhaps, you read all year long
and want a ready supply. Either way, you need to check out the used book sale
Saturday, May 3, sponsored by the Friends of Wake Forest Library.
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Hoops for WF
return May 17
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The 13th
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
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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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Road Roundup
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Andy Ammons confirmed this week that the state
Department of Transportation has given final approval for the Ammons
Development Group to connect Heritage Lake Road to the N.C. 98 bypass.
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Wakefield residents
protest bypass
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They were not told
a highway would be built at the end of their streets off Cathedral Bell Road,
Wakefield residents told state Department of Transportation officials Tuesday
night.
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How to get a notice
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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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We
welcome . . .
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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.
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