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A Japanese weeping cherry tree (photo attached) situated along West Sycamore Avenue is the 2024 Wake Forest Tree of the Year.
Thought to be nearly 100 years old, the tree was the narrow winner in this year’s voting. Of the 454 votes cast, the weeping cherry received 120 votes, followed...Read more
The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will host a free, monthly outdoor movie series from May through August at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. The first in the series of Family Movie Nights at Joyner Park will feature the 1991 animated version of...Read more
The Northern Community Food Security Team (NCFST) and Ripe for Revival are providing a mobile grocery store across from the Northern Regional Center, 350 E. Holding Ave., on the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 3-5 p.m. – rain or shine. Offering fruits, vegetables, meat, and dairy...Read more
The Wake Forest Technology Advisory Board (TAB) is inviting area elementary, middle, and high school students and their families to the 2024 Wake Forest STEM Saturday on Saturday, April 27. Presented by the Wireless Research Center, this free family networking event is scheduled from 10 a.m.-2 p...Read more
You’re invited to help celebrate three decades of foot-tapping, finger-snapping good times during the 30th anniversary of Six Sundays in Spring. Sponsored by the Town of Wake Forest and ARTS Wake Forest, the free outdoor concert series will be offered from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on consecutive Sundays...Read more
The Town of Wake Forest will join Wake County and over 40 other city, town, and county government employers at the first-ever Local Government Career Expo on Saturday, June 8, from 1-4 p.m. at the NC State University McKimmon Center, 1101 Gorman St., Raleigh.
Job seekers will have the...Read more
In celebration of May’s Older Americans Month, the Northern Wake Senior Center (NWSC), 235 E. Holding Ave., will host Senior Health & Fitness Day on Wednesday, May 29, from 9-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. Free and open to residents of all ages, the occasion will focus on the health and well-being of...Read more
Taylor Street Park Sprayground, 416 N. Taylor St., will open for the 2024 season on Saturday, April 27, at 10 a.m. Free and open to the public, the sprayground will operate according to the following schedule through Friday, June 7:
Sundays, 1-8 p.m.
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You’re invited to Forest Fest on Saturday, April 20, in historic downtown Wake Forest. Presented by Wake Forest Downtown, Inc. in association with the Town of Wake Forest and a host of community partners, this free family-...Read more
The Town of Wake Forest will temporarily close southbound South Main Street/US 1A in the vicinity of West Vernon Avenue Thursday, April 18, from 9 a.m.-noon. The temporary lane closure is necessary to allow crews to remove a tree whose roots are causing damage to the sidewalk and trip...Read more
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