Get ready for the Walmart on S. Main Street to undergo an overhaul. According to several different cashiers, the store will start a major renovation in the coming weeks. One cashier said she expects the front of the store will be the first to get the treatment. Some of the front will be blocked while [...]
Continue reading …Wake Forest public information officer Bill Crabtree sent out an E-Alert and a phone alert today to residents listing items and assistance still needed at the Heritage High storm shelter: Men’s draw-string athletic shorts – sizes medium and large Men’s shorts – sizes 30 and 32 (waist) Men’s work pants – all sizes Men’s sneakers [...]
Continue reading …Granite Falls Swim Club is one of many businesses that is stepping in to help people who need assistance after the tornadoes that hit the Wake Forest and Rolesville areas on Saturday. The club sent out an e-mail today offering its showers and more. It also included a list of items needed by the emergency [...]
Continue reading …Focus on Wake Forest – April 2011 from Town of Wake Forest, NC on Vimeo. This month’s focus on Wake Forest video highlights some great outdoor events such as the the Six Sundays in Spring concert series, Great Grass Giveaway of free Bermuda grass seed, Meet in The Street, and the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. [...]
Continue reading …U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan will be touring different parts of the state today to view damage caused by Saturday’s tornadoes. She will be in Bertie County in the morning, and in Wake Forest at 3:45 p.m. She will visit Heritage High School, which is serving as a Triangle Red Cross emergency shelter for people who [...]
Continue reading …A Raleigh resident posted this video to YouTube after he recorded the damage from around S. Saunders St. in Raleigh. The videographer, who’s YouTube username is zzzzzoinks, walked around a severely damaged area. Also, the Raleigh Public Record news site recorded some of the damage. DWF StaffThe staff at Destination Wake Forest is proud to [...]
Continue reading …Anyone in need of a place to stay tonight, Heritage High School on Forestville Road is open as a shelter with Red Cross personnel on hand to assist. The shelter has supplies for people who need them after the tornado that moved through Raleigh and Rolesville today. DWF StaffThe staff at Destination Wake Forest is [...]
Continue reading …The annual Wake Forest HerbFest opened Friday with a visit from some live animals courtesy of the Millennium Academy of Wake Forest. HerbFest is the annual plant sale to promote healthful living through herbs. Proceeds support the Graham Johnson Cultural Arts Endowment, a local organization with a mission to support cultural arts in the Wake [...]
Continue reading …Rain may be predicted for Saturday’s weather, but that won’t wash away the Wake Forest Downtown Farmers Market. The market is open 8 a.m. to noon in the municipal parking lot next to North Carolina General Stores. The Wake Forest Crafters Market Grand Opening has been postponed to Saturday, May 21. Also the pottery demonstration [...]
Continue reading …This was just posted to their Facebook page: “On April 12, 2011, Crossroads Entertainment officially closed. The decision was a difficult one to make because we care so much for our members and others who have supported the club since it opened in 2009. The club will reopen in the future under new management and [...]
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