Updated May 15, 2019 Northern Wake Senior Center will be completed July 3, Town Manager Kip Padgett said during the town board’s work session on May 7. The reconstruction is adding 9,000 square feet plus renovations throughout the original center on East Holding Avenue. There will be a new entr… Click here to read the full Wake Forest Gazette story Read More »
The steady pace of new home building continued in Wake Forest during April with 73 new homes permitted, 46 single-family homes and 27 townhouses. There was one commercial building, the bath house at 221 Tise Avenue in the Bridgeport subdivision on Forestville Road, which D. Clugston Inc. will bu… Click here to read the full Wake Forest Gazette story Read More »
The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will offer a free self-defense class for women Wednesday, May 22, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. Instructors from Krav Maga Raleigh will teach participating women a variety of techniques to avoi… Click here to read the full Wake Forest Gazette story Read More »
A recent review says, “Thoroughly multinational but uniquely North Carolinian, Orquesta GarDel thrills audiences with a high-energy Latin dance music experience. The monstrous thirteen-member lineup replicates the format of a classic Nuyorican salsa dura ensemble – a full deck of horn players, p… Click here to read the full Wake Forest Gazette story Read More »
The town will open the Wake Forest Aquatic Center in Holding Park on Memorial Day weekend for the summer season. The center has three bodies of water – a six-lane, 25-yard lap pool, two water slides with a plunge pool and a children’s pool with sprayground features. Daily admission fees for Wak… Click here to read the full Wake Forest ... Read More »
You are invited to join the Wake Forest Lions Club for its first annual Spaghetti Dinner at the American Legion Hall, 225 East Holding Avenue, on Saturday, May 18, from 4 to 7 p.m. The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for youth 12 and under. Tickets can be pre-purchased by calling 919-803-7627 or y… Click here to read ... Read More »
The Wake Forest Police Department will host a Recruitment Fair for sworn law enforcement officers and NC Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) graduates Friday, May 17, from 4 to 7 p.m. The event will take place both inside and outside the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 S. Brooks St. Design… Click here to read the full Wake Forest Gazette story Read More »
*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon this Saturday, May 18, in the employee parking lot along South Taylor Street behind Wake Forest Town Hall. Local farmers and artisans will have meats, seasonal vegetables, bread, baked good and other local wares for sale. See the m… Click here to read the full Wake Forest ... Read More »
The Town of Wake Forest will host a Comprehensive Transportation Plan public information meeting on Thursday, May 16, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 South Brooks Street. The meeting will have an informal, open house-style format, so there will not be a formal present… Click here to read the full Wake Forest Gazette story Read More »
Fern Virginia Porter Rolesville Fern Virginia Porter, 83, of Rolesville passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2019, at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. She was born in Roanoke, Virginia, the daughter of the late Fern Virginia Basham Porter and Wallace Johnson Porter. She was preceded in death by a brot… Click here to read the full Wake Forest Gazette story Read More »
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