The Friends of the Wake Forest Library is happy to announce that they will be conducting a Silent Art Auction in conjunction with Art After Hours on October 10 in Historic Downtown Wake Forest between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. The Wake Forest Art and Frame Shop will host the event, and refreshments donated by … Read more
Dan Murphy, Rolesville resident and author of the acclaimed Julie McNamara Mystery series, is pleased to announce the release of his fourth novel, Johnny Walker’s Gold. Mr. Murphy indicated that the book earned a 5-star review from the independent book review service, Readers’ Favorite. “It is very gratifying to have this sort of recognition. Nearly … Read more
Due to a situation completely beyond my control I find myself not able to sneak away to our special mountain retreat for Thanksgiving this year. The plan was were were going to take all three cabins in our secret retreat and bring family along for a most relaxing get-away. Rather than see this opportunity go … Read more
Word in from the wonderful folks at Wake Forest High School Army JROTC says there is a fish fry on October 4th to support the JROTC troops. It is from 11 AM to 2 PM and then from 4 PM to 7 PM. Apparently they have to reload. Wake Forest has a lovely tradition of … Read more
Debi wrote in an said, “Have you heard about the beloved peacock that has resided at the dump on Lily Liles road being stolen today by some lowlife?” I had not heard anything about the missing peacock but I must have been way behind the curve on this one because I didn’t even know the … Read more
Shortly after 10:00 p.m. on Saturday night, Raleigh Police Department officers responded to a report of a pedestrian-involved collision on Capital Boulevard near its intersection with Brentwood Road. It’s down near the IHOP. The pedestrian, Clarence Edward Hayes, 63, was declared deceased at the scene. Preliminary information indicates that Hayes was crossing Capital Boulevard east … Read more
The ABC station out of Richmond, Virginia is reporting an employee at the One Whirled Cafe in Heritage was given a most generous tip by a kind Wake Forest customer. It seems Chrisi Kemp, the bartender at One Whirled Cafe, was having a particularly bad string of luck recently. Apparently her daughter was ill and … Read more
Here in little sleepy Wake Forest is a very special senior living community with a cutting edge approach to senior care. Carolina House of Wake Forest, on Brooks Street, is part of the Brookdale community of senior living communities. What makes this place exceptional are things like the bleeding-edge use of technology to effectively beam … Read more
Yesterday Wake Forest Police Chief Jeffrey M. Leonard probably silently chuckled within when he proudly announced the promotion of Corporal Lee Godfrey to the rank of Sergeant and Officer Andrew Albert to the rank of Corporal. He knew what lay in front of them. Both WFPD officers are gracious and kind humans who hopefully will … Read more
On Tuesday afternoon around 5 PM, brave firefighters in Franklin County, North Carolina were responding to a call near Lake Royale, an area near Spring Hope, North Carolina. The Franklin County Sheriff is reporting one firefighter with the Justice Rural Volunteer Fire Department was tragically killed in a line-of-duty accident. The firefighter killed was reported … Read more