Newcomer Information
Animals & Pets
Wake County Animal Control & Pet Adoption
Animal Adoption Center
820 Beacon Lake Road
Raleigh, NC 27610
919-212-PETS (7387)
Cable Television
Spectrum (Time Warner Cable)
919-595-4892
DIRECTV
1-877-916-5137
CenturyLink
919-554-2445
Dish
877-779-9308
AT&T
1-877-385-7578
Frontier & Frontier (Spanish)
1-877-602-5323
Driver Information
Driver's License Office
2431 Spring Forest Road, Suite 101
Raleigh, NC 27615
919-855-6877
License Plate Agency
2012 S. Main St.
919-554-0770
Electric
Wake Forest Power
919-435-9573
Customer Service Central
919-435-9400
Emergencies
919-761-7899
Residential Utility Application
Area Light Service Application - Contact Chris Terrell, Electric Systems Division Manager at 919-435-9572 for a consultation. (PDF brochure)
Duke Energy Progress
800-419-6356
Wake Electric
919-863-6300
Healthcare
Internet
Spectrum Cable
919-595-4892
AT&T
1-877-385-7578
CenturyLink
919-554-2445
Windstream
800-481-5441 (9 am - 7 pm)
Exede - Satellite Internet Provider
855-627-2553
Frontier
877-293-0426
HughesNet
866-649-3926
InternetProviders.com
855-387-8565
Viasat Satellite Internet
855-393-3302
Natural Gas & Oil
Dominion Energy
877-776-2427
Holding Oil Company
919-556-3604
Little River Corporation
919-556-1111
Suburban Propane
919-556-3143
Newspapers
The Wake Weekly
229 E. Owen Ave.
Wake Forest, NC 27587
919-556-3182
Wake Forest Gazette
1255 S. Main St.
Wake Forest, NC 27587
919-556-3409
News & Observer
215 S. McDowell St.
Raleigh, NC 27602
919-836-5635
Phone, Cable & Internet Providers
Public Services
Post Office
224 E. Holding Ave.
800-275-8777 - Automated Number
Post Office at Gateway Commons Center
910 Gateway Commons Center (located inside Town & Country Hardware)
919-554-4656
Wake Forest Public Library
400 E. Holding Ave.
919-554-8498
Schools & Education
Wake County Public Schools
Main Office
919-850-1600
School Assignment
919-850-1921
Wake County Private Schools
919-733-4276
Solid Waste Collection
Wake Forest Solid Waste Division (Monday - Friday, 7 am - 4 pm)
919-435-9570
Republic Waste Services - Residential Service Provider
919-772-1316
Waste Industries - Commercial Service Provider
919-662-7100
Telephone
CenturyLink
919-554-2445
AT&T
1-877-385-7578
Frontier
877-293-0426
HughesNet
866-649-3926
Windstream Communications
800-230-2575
Frontier
1-877-602-5323
Nextiva
800-983-4289
Voter Information
Wake County Board of Elections
Voter registration forms are available at the Town Hall, Wake Forest Library and Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce.
919-856-6240