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Wake Forest Power has scheduled a brief power outage early Thursday morning, Feb. 1, that will affect approximately 135 customers along Mangia Drive, Brunello Drive, and Piazza Way. The planned outage was originally scheduled for Wednesday but rescheduled due to the threat of inclement weather...Read more

01/30/2024

On Tuesday, Jan. 30, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mastec will reduce to one lane with intermittent two-way traffic a portion of the 200 block of South Wingate Street between Durham Road/South Avenue and Woodland Drive. The temporary lane closure is necessary to allow crews to install a new water service...Read more

01/29/2024

The Town of Wake Forest is accepting applications for the 2024 session of Wake Forest Planning 101 (formerly known as the Citizens Planning Academy) through 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12.

Wake Forest Planning 101 is designed to educate residents of Wake Forest and its extraterritorial...Read more

01/29/2024

Wake Forest Power crews are responding to a power outage affecting approximately 480 Wake Forest Power customers in and around downtown Wake Forest.

Affected streets include, but are not limited to, Mockingbird Lane, Wait Avenue, South Allen Road, South Brooks Street, Roosevelt Avenue,...Read more

01/29/2024

Wake Forest Power has scheduled a brief power outage early Thursday morning, Feb. 1, that will affect approximately 135 customers along Mangia Drive, Brunello Drive, and Piazza Way. The planned outage was originally scheduled for Wednesday but rescheduled due to the threat of inclement weather...Read more

01/26/2024

Forest Fest returns to downtown Wake Forest on Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Presented by Wake Forest Downtown, Inc. (WFD), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to champion the economic health, growth, and vitality of downtown Wake Forest, Forest Fest is a family friendly event...Read more

01/26/2024

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will accept online and in-person registrations throughout February for youth baseball, softball, and T-ball for boys and girls ages 5-17 according to the following schedule:

February 1-7 – Wake Forest...Read more

01/26/2024

The Town of Wake Forest is partnering with Wake County to host “Clearing the Air: Navigating COVID-19, Tobacco Cessation & Vaping Realities” Thursday, Feb. 15, from 6-7 p.m. at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 S. Brooks St.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and...Read more

01/26/2024

***UPDATE – All lanes along southbound Capital Boulevard/US 1 have reopened.

No serious injuries were reported.

The information below was distributed at 7:31 a.m.

A crash involving four vehicles has closed all but one lane along southbound Capital Boulevard/US 1 in the...Read more

01/25/2024

On Thursday and Friday, Jan. 25-26, Ford Companies, a contactor working on behalf of the Town of Wake Forest, will plant 53 new street trees in Traditions Orchards, Groves at Traditions, and Traditions as part of an effort to install at least 200 new trees a year.

The tree species to be...Read more

01/24/2024

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