Several local churches and community organizations are sponsoring a free, public celebration to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Thursday, Jan. 19. The event will take place at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church, 237 Friendship Chapel Road. Area residents are invited to attend the observance, beginning with a light meal … Read more
The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will host two public meetings in January to solicit input from area residents concerning the future Joyner Park Community Center. The first session will coincide with the regularly scheduled Youth in Government Advisory Board meeting on Saturday, Jan. 21. The meeting will get underway at 9 … Read more
Due to icy road conditions, Forest Moon Theater has postponed “Anne of Green Gables” auditions until Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 16-17. Originally scheduled for Jan. 9-10, the auditions will take place at 7 p.m. at the Flaherty Park Community Center, 1226 N. White St. Registration is from 6:30 – 7 p.m. Anyone planning to audition … Read more
The “Rockin’ the Forest” music series continues Friday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. with Sarah Shook & the Disarmers. The concert will take place at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts, 405 S. Brooks St. A country band with a sneer, a bite, and no apologies, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers were named … Read more
Due to the potential for icy roads and unsafe driving conditions, the food truck informational meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 10, has been postponed until Monday, March 6. The session will take place from 6-8 p.m. in the ground floor meeting room at the Wake Forest Town Hall, 301 S. Brooks St. The meeting … Read more
The Wake Forest Police Department is asking for the public’s help as it works to identify and arrest the person or persons responsible for a robbery and shooting incident at a local hotel. At approximately 1:45 a.m. Wake Forest Police officers responded to a report of a shooting at the Sleep Inn, 12401 Wake Union … Read more
Wake Forest Power is in the second year of a three-year project aimed at upgrading the electric meters for all its residential and commercial customers. The project, which began in late 2015 and will continue into 2018, entails Wake Forest Power technicians replacing nearly 7,000 Power Line Carrier meters with new Radio Frequency (RF) meters. … Read more
The Town of Wake Forest is encouraging residents to make recycling a holiday tradition by recycling their Christmas trees. Town crews are now collecting and recycling live Christmas trees from residential homes according to its normal yard waste collection schedule. The trees will be ground into mulch and made available for free to residents upon … Read more
The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department has been awarded a 2016 ExoFit Matching Grant in the amount of $10,000. The grant is designed to encourage health and wellness through the installation of outdoor fitness equipment in parks and greenways. “One of our goals in the 2015 Master Plan was to improve … Read more
Mayor Vivian Jones has appointed a nine-member committee to craft a plan to celebrate Wake Forest High School’s N.C. High School Athletic Association 4AA football championship. The Cougars defeated Greensboro Page 29-0 in Saturday’s championship becoming the first Wake County school to win a football title since 1987. Comprised of town officials, community and civic … Read more