Do you know where you’re supposed to vote? Do you know the hours the polls are open? The state of North Carolina has a nice web-based system you can use to find your polling place. Click here to go to it. Polls are open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. If you are in line at [...]
Wake County government will launch a fully redesigned Web site at WakeGov.com on Tuesday for the first time in seven years. The new website includes an array of easy to use features to take full advantage of the way people currently use the web. Many of the new design features were based on feedback gathered [...]
Continue reading …[media-credit id=2 align="aligncenter" width="448"][/media-credit] The Town of Wake Forest will resume its annual loose leaf collection program on Monday, Oct. 1. The initiative typically continues through mid-March. When preparing leaves for collections, residents are urged to adhere to the following guidelines: Rake leaves into piles behind the curb so they do not interfere with traffic [...]
Continue reading …[media-credit name="File Photo" align="alignright" width="300"][/media-credit]Wake Forest residents are now free to water whenever they want. The Raleigh City Council voted on May 1 to end the lawn watering restrictions that have been in place since the 2007 drought, which saw Falls Lake – Raleigh’s main water source – dip to its lowest levels since the [...]
Continue reading …The Town of Wake Forest is currently accepting applications from area high school students who are interested in serving on the Youth Advisory Board (YAB) for the 2012-2013 school year. [media-credit name="Town of Wake Forest | Destination Wake Forest" align="alignright" width="286"][/media-credit]Applications are available in the town clerk’s office at town hall and on the Town’s [...]
Continue reading …The Wake Forest Police Department, Wake County Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 41, and the Blue Knights International Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club are teaming up to raise money to send a terminally ill teenager on an all-expense paid trip to Europe. Sybrina Hayes, daughter of Wake Forest Police Officer Brenda Hayes, was diagnosed with [...]
Continue reading …The City of Raleigh Public Utilities Department (CRPUD) has begun a sanitary sewer system rehabilitation project in Wake Forest. The initiative will rehabilitate existing sewer lines and manholes in various areas around town. T.A. Loving Company was awarded the contract for the project which is expected to be completed in the fall. CRPUD officials say [...]
Continue reading …This event has been canceled and will be rescheduled at a later date. The Wake Forest Police and Fire Departments are joining several area public safety units to raise money for the 200 Club of Wake County in a charity softball tournament on Saturday, April 28. The games get underway at 9 a.m. and will [...]
Continue reading …The Town of Wake Forest’s Fourth Annual ”Great Grass Giveaway” is set for Saturday, April 28, at the Public Works Operations Center, 234 Friendship Chapel Road. The event is scheduled from 7 a.m. until noon – or until the supply of Bermuda grass seed is exhausted. The grass seed will be offered on a first come, first served [...]
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