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The Town of Wake Forest is reminding residents that loose leaf collection service will end Friday, March 11. As a result, the week of March 7 will offer residents one last chance (until October) to place loose leaves behind the curb by 7 a.m. on their normal collection day.
From Monday, March 14, through Friday, Sept. 30, residents must use compostable paper yard waste bags (paper only, no plastic) or reusable containers weighing no more than 50 pounds for yard waste (leaves, grass clippings, small limbs, and brush) collection.
When preparing leaves and yard waste for collection, residents are urged to observe the following guidelines:
- Use paper yard waste bags or reusable containers weighing no more than 50 pounds. Starting March 14, Public Works will not accept yard waste in plastic bags.
- Do not place yard waste inside Town-issued rollout trash or recycling carts;
- Do not mix in trash, rocks, or other debris;
- Place your bagged leaves, pine needles and grass clippings at the curb by 7 a.m. on your normal yard waste collection day.
- Paper yard bags and reusable personal containers can be purchased at local discount, hardware, and home improvement stores.
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You can make a difference in our community by applying to fill one of two vacancies on the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC). One opening must be filled by a candidate who resides in the town’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). The other seat is open to anyone who lives in Wake Forest or its ETJ. Anyone with expertise or a special interest in history, historic preservation, historic architecture, or a related field is encouraged to apply.
The online advisory board application is available through Monday, Feb. 28. Anyone without access to a computer is invited to complete the application by using a computer kiosk in the lobby of Town Hall, 301 S. Brooks St. Hard copies are available upon request by contacting Executive Assistant Cathi Pope at 919-435-9467.
Candidates will be expected to attend the March 9 HPC meeting to introduce themselves to current members and explain why they wish to serve. Following the interviews, the HPC will review its slate of candidates before submitting its recommendation to the BOC.
The selected applicants will volunteer for a three-year term and advise the Board of Commissioners on a variety of topics related to historic preservation. For more information, contact Cathi Pope.
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Congratulations Mayor Jones!
During a special part of Monday's State of the Town Address & Dinner, Wake Forest Rotary Club President Leah Flach and Wakefield Rotary Club President Heather Holding announced the creation of the Rotary Peace Award. Intended to recognize Wake Forest citizens who endeavor to unite the community, the award was presented to Mayor Vivian Jones. As an added tribute, since Mayor Jones is the first person to receive the award, it was officially named in her honor.
In presenting the award, Holding stated: “Since her first campaign, Mayor Jones has worked to promote peace, understanding and harmony not only between members of the Town Board, but by creating partnerships between Wake Forest, other towns, the region and the state. No one has done more to welcome people and entities to the Town and demonstrate true Wake Forest hospitality. For all of her years of hard work, Mayor Jones is not only the first recipient of this award, but the award will henceforth be known as the Vivian A. Jones Rotary Peace Award.”
Beginning next week, Mayor Jones’ 2022 State of the Town Address will air daily on WFTV 10 at 8 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. The mayor’s address will also be provided in streaming video on the Town website.
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The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department is accepting applications throughout February for youth baseball, softball, and T-ball for boys ages 5-17 and girls ages 5-15.
A participant’s eligibility is determined by his or her age on April 30, 2022, and a birth certificate is required for new participants. The fee is $60 for Wake Forest residents and $100 for non-Wake Forest residents.
Games will be played primarily on weeknights from April through late June.
Online registration is available. Team placement and draft information, along with additional registration information and league rules, is also available online and at the Joyner Park Community Center, 701 Harris Road. For more information, email Edward Austin.
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Registration is underway for Men’s Spring Softball and will continue throughout the month. Register online or at the Joyner Park Community Center, 701 Harris Road.
The Men’s Spring Softball League is limited to Class E teams and lower, and you must be at least 18-years-old to participate. League play is scheduled to begin in mid-March, and games will be played on Monday and Wednesday nights. The entry fee is $550 per team.
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The Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department is accepting team registrations for Adult Co-Rec Kickball. Online registration is available through February.
The entry fee is $225 per team, and the league is limited to participants ages 18 and older. Teams will play one or two games each week on weeknights and Sunday afternoons beginning in late-March.
Anyone interested in participating who does not have a team can sign up as a free agent, then assigned to a team in need of players. To register as a free agent, complete the online registration form. For more information, email KP Kilpatrick.
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Make plans now to attend the 2022 Wake Forest Film Festival on Friday and Saturday, March 4-5, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 S. Brooks St.
Entitled “A Light in the Forest,” the two-day festival will engage film enthusiasts with more than 30 films of all lengths and genres, including short and full-length, documentary, horror, animation, and student. Intended for both the general public and film professionals, the film festival is an opportunity for filmmakers to showcase their films in a unique location to a discerning audience.
All-access screening passes are on sale for $15 each and will allow unlimited access to the schedule of films throughout the two-day festival. Tickets may be purchased online in advance. Tickets may also be purchased at the Renaissance Centre Box Office, 405 S. Brooks St.
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The draft FY2023 Wake Transit Work Plan is available for community review until March 16. The draft Work Plan is located online, along with additional information, at https://goforwardnc.org/wakeinput/.
The annual Wake Transit Work Plan allocates projected revenues to fund service investments and capital projects that will improve and expand Wake County’s transit network in the upcoming fiscal year (July-June). The “Four Big Moves” of the Wake Transit program are designed to accomplish the following goals: 1) Connect the region; 2) Connect all Wake County communities; 3) Create frequent and reliable urban mobility; and, 4) Enhance access to transit.
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Starting in April, the Town of Wake Forest will celebrate the return of warmer weather by offering a wonderful array of outdoor events and activities for the entire family. From our Memorial Flag-Raising Ceremonies and the Easter Egg Hunt to Friday Night on White and Family Movie Nights at Joyner Park, spring and summer in Wake Forest are jam-packed with fun-filled outdoor events guaranteed to help you forget “Old Man Winter.”
To help inform area residents about all these events, the Town offers Wake Forest Outdoors. The webpage provides detailed information all in one place about our area’s most popular springtime and summer happenings, including the Memorial Flag-Raising Ceremonies, Friday Night on White, Six Sundays in Spring, Meet in the Street, Family Movie Nights at Joyner Park and National Trails Day - just to name a few. Offering dates, times, locations, event descriptions and more, the portal is a useful resource for anyone planning to take advantage of Wake Forest’s array of warm weather activities.
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The Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will partner with the Wake Forest Pickleball Club to host the Luck of the Green Pickleball Benefit Tournament Friday-Sunday, March 11-13, at the Flaherty Park Pickleball Courts, 1126 N. White St.
The entry fee is $45 per player, plus $10 for each additional event. No registrations will be accepted on the day of the tournament.
Tournament proceeds will be used to make improvements to the Flaherty Park Pickleball Courts.
Complete tournament details, including registration information, are available on the Town website. The registration deadline is Monday, Feb. 28.
A variety of sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, contact Sandy Brasseale at 501-772-7439.
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Provided below are announcements about projects that will impact Wake Forest motorists over the next several weeks. Please use the information to help plan your route and move safely through the affected areas.
Through July 31
Wellons Construction, Inc., a private contractor, has closed the portion of Averette Road from Jack Jones Road to Mill Dam Road. Scheduled through late summer, the closure is necessary to allow crews to widen and realign this portion of Averette Road. Signed detours are in place directing traffic around the work area.
Ongoing
Fred Smith Company, a contractor working at the future Legacy at Heritage, will periodically reduce to one lane with alternating two-way traffic the portion of Heritage Lake Road from Dr. Calvin Jones Highway/NC 98 Bypass to Friendship Chapel Road daily from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. The periodic lane closures are necessary to allow crews to widen the road and install a storm drain and curb and gutter.
Signage and flaggers will be in place to manage traffic flow and safely direct motorists through the work area. Delays are expected, so motorists may wish to avoid the area and take an alternate route.
Ongoing
Fred Smith Company, a contractor working on the Holding Village subdivision, will initiate lane reductions along eastbound and westbound Dr. Calvin Jones Highway/NC 98 Bypass in the vicinity of the South Franklin Street intersection daily from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. The lane reductions are necessary to allow crews to extend South Franklin Street and convert the intersection to a Reduced Conflict Intersection, also known as a superstreet.
Signage and cones will be in place to manage traffic flow and safely direct motorists through the work areas. Delays are expected, so motorists may wish to avoid these areas if possible and take an alternate route.
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North Wake Theatre will present three performances of Forever Plaid: The Musical Saturday-Sunday, March 19-20, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 S. Brooks St. Showtimes are Saturday at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
“Forever Plaid” is one of the most popular and successful musicals in recent memory chock-full of classic barbershop quartet harmonies and pitch-perfect melodies.
Once upon a time, four guys (Sparky, Smudge, Jinx and Frankie) discovered that they shared a love for music, then got together to become their idols – The Four Freshman, The Hi-Lo's and The Crew Cuts. Rehearsing in the basement of Smudge's family's plumbing supply company, they became "Forever Plaid." Tragically, on the way to their first big gig, the "Plaids" are broadsided by a school bus and killed instantly. It is at the moment when their careers and lives end that the story of Forever Plaid begins.
Singing in close harmony, squabbling boyishly over the smallest intonations and executing their charmingly outlandish choreography with overzealous precision, the "Plaids" are a guaranteed smash, with a program of beloved songs and delightful patter that keeps audiences rolling in the aisles when they're not humming along to some of the great nostalgic pop hits of the 1950s.
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The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre will welcome the Sons of Mystro on Thursday, March 24, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 each.
These incredibly talented brothers play over 10 different genres of popular music, using the violin instead of their voices to express a song's lyrics.
Reflecting their Caribbean roots, the Sons of Mystro have graced the same stage with reggae and dancehall veterans such as Marcia Griffiths, John Holt, Ken Boothe, Dobby Dobson, Freddie McGregor, Frankie Paul, Barrington Levy, and artists from the now generation such as Mr. Vegas, Beenie Man, Romain Virgo, Etana. Many of these artists have expressed amazement at the depth and variety of their musical selections and their innovative and artistic arrangements.
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The Town of Wake Forest welcomes the return of Friday Night on White in 2022 and is pleased to announce a power-packed band lineup for this year’s concert series. Bands scheduled to perform include The Magic Pipers (April 8); Sleeping Booty (May 13); The Soul Psychedelique (June 10); Love Tribe (July 15); The Brickhouse Band (August 12); and Crush (September 9).
FNOW is typically offered along South White Street in downtown Wake Forest from 6-9 p.m. on the second Friday night of each month from April through September. Due to Independence Day falling this year on the same week as the second Friday in July, the July concert will take place on the third Friday. The remaining concerts will occur on the second Friday of the month.
A special thanks to our 2022 FNOW sponsors: White Street Brewing Company, Gladwell Orthodontics, McPherson Family Eye Care, Mitchell Heating & Cooling, Foxy 107/104, The Pace at Holding Village, Capital Chevrolet, OrthoNC, Capital Powersports, Triangle Family Dentistry, Saving Grace Animals for Adoption, The Wake Weekly, Wells Family Dental Group, CIRCA Magazine, Orthopedic Physical Therapy, B & W Hardware, Co., Birkner Insurance, Ting Internet, Burn Boot Camp Wake Forest, Bumgarner & Martin Orthodontics, NuImage Surgical & Dental Implant Center, Elan Dental, Avance Care, Saving Grace Supply Company, Sole Dimensions, Coastal Credit Union, Chick-fil-A, Fidelity Bank, LINE-X of Raleigh, Hope Lutheran Church, WakeMed, Emerald Family Dentistry, American Ballroom, Inc., ProAudio & Video, Civic Federal Credit Union, Wake Forest Federal Savings & Loan, Carolina Regenerative Health, 1st Choice Customized DJ Services, and Westgate Kia.
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The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department is issuing a “Call to Artists” for a Joyner Park Community Center (JPCC) gym wall mural. The goal of the initiative is to promote local artists while connecting the JPCC to the community it serves.
To be eligible, artists must reside in Wake Forest or it’s ETJ, be a high school student (grades 9-12) living in Wake Forest, or be a member of the Wake Forest Guild of Artists. As part of this initiative, qualified applicants are invited to submit one to three pieces of original art. There is no entry fee, and the application deadline is Monday, April 4.
All artwork must be an original piece presented in either landscape or portrait style. The art should be related to or reflect the Wake Forest community. Selected pieces of artwork will need to have the capability to be scanned into an electronic image, then transferred into vinyl to be applied to the half wall in the JPCC gymnasium.
An Artist Selection Committee comprised of members of the Wake Forest Public Art Commission, PRCR Director Ruben Wall, and Recreation Center Manager Shawn Monday will select the winner who will receive an honorarium of $100 and have their mural displayed on the JPCC gym wall for up to three years.
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East Coast Drilling & Blasting is performing periodic blasting operations daily from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in the vicinity of Averette Road and Mill Dam Road. The work is related to site grading for the future Rosedale Subdivision. Averette Road Realignment Project which is expected to continue through the summer.
The blasting operations produce construction-related noise and sounds associated with demolition activities, but residents should not be alarmed.
Residents are advised of the following alerts both prior to and following a blast:
- One-Minute Warning: Three long horn blasts, separated by short pauses.
- All Clear Signal: A prolonged horn blast following inspection of the blast.
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UPDATE - Show Some Love, #KeepWFclean
Since then, volunteers have checked out 116 litter kits; logged 489 hours; collected nearly 10,500 lbs. of trash and 1,625 lbs. of recyclables; and cleaned 47 miles of streets, 19 sections of roadway and 17 sections of waterway.
We developed the infographic below to highlight our progress and express our thanks to YOU - our awesome community volunteers!
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This is an example of a QR ("Quick Response") code. QR codes are like the barcodes you see on retail products, but they can contain a lot more information than a simple item number.
QR codes can also be used to display other text, such as contact information or menu options. QR codes can be placed on anything from signs and flyers to A-frame signs/sandwich boards and business cards. They provide an easy way for you to get more information about a subject, without having to remember or type anything.
Most of the major-brand smart phone devices offer built-in QR Code readers or provide free readers in their respective online application market places. Once you have the reader on your phone you can simply use your phone's camera to "scan" the QR Code and your mobile phone will be directed to the page you are currently viewing from your more stationary device.
Wake Forest uses QR codes in a variety of ways. For example, codes on A-frame signs help you find info about our Christmas events, complete event surveys, and sign up to receive notifications about Town programs and services. If you have any feedback about our use of QR codes, please be sure to let us know!
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Fall is here and so are the cooler temperatures! The Town of Wake Forest is inviting individuals, families, churches and civic clubs to embrace autumn and join the “Show Some Love, #KeepWFclean” campaign by picking up trash in their neighborhoods and along local streets and roadways. The initiative allows volunteers to pick up litter on a one-time or ongoing basis. Participants may also choose the area they wish to clean or request direction to high need areas around town.
To aid the effort, volunteers may reserve litter kits at no charge by completing the online reservation form. Each litter kit includes reflective vests, gloves, buckets, grabbers, trash bags, data collection sheets, hand sanitizer and litter education materials. A special thanks to B&W Hardware for donating the litter kits.
Once reserved, litter kits may be picked up at the Public Works Operations Center, 234 Friendship Chapel Road, Monday-Friday, between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and must be returned within one week, unless otherwise requested. For complete details, email Sustainability Coordinator Jeanette Johnson.
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Loose trash in trucks creates litter along Wake Forest roadways.
Help keep Wake Forest roadways clean by securing any trash in your truck bed. When you throw trash in the back of your truck, it inevitably blows out and becomes litter on the roadside. In fact, half of all litter is blown, not thrown! Roadside litter costs millions of dollars to remove, decreases property values and has a negative impact on tourism.
The NC Department of Public Safety reports that an even bigger problem is unsecured loads in the back of trucks. At high speeds, even large items can fly out and hurt or startle other drivers causing accidents. Put trash into built-in containers. Use tarps, cargo nets and tie-downs to secure any loads. #KeepWFclean
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The following monthly meeting schedule is now in effect:
Board of Commissioners Work Session
First Tuesday/month - 6 p.m.
Joint Public Hearings
First Tuesday/month - 7:30 p.m.
Planning Board Meeting
Second Tuesday/month - 6 p.m.
Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
Third Tuesday/month - 6 p.m.
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View Town meetings live & on demand
Planning Board and Board of Commissioners meetings can be viewed both live and on demand by visiting our Public Meetings Portal. Meetings are available in streaming video for several years after their original air date and featured in a convenient scroll-down menu.
These meetings are also shown live on Wake Forest TV 10 - the Town of Wake Forest’s government access channel - then re-broadcast daily for two weeks at 9 a.m., 3 p.m., and 9 p.m.
Although WFTV 10 is available only to Wake Forest residents and businesses that subscribe to Spectrum Cable TV service, WFTV 10 is also provided online in real-time streaming video.
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The Town of Wake Forest has launched a comprehensive public education campaign on proper recycling behaviors.
#RecycleRightWF introduces and emphasizes a series of easy-to-understand messages aimed at simplifying the recycling process and improving the quality of materials residents place in their rollout recycling carts.
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The Northern Wake Senior Center, 235 E. Holding Ave., offers adults age 55 and older a full schedule of recreational activities. Programming at the center is provided by Resources for Seniors, Inc. The organization serves senior and disabled adults in Wake County by providing home and community-based services and information, thereby allowing them to maximize their choices for independence, comfort, safety, security and well-being.
Check out Jennie's Weekly Jots, the senior center's weekly newsletter, for information on current programming and initiatives.
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