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The Town of Wake Forest and the Clean Water Education Partnership (CWEP) will celebrate “Creek Week,” March 12-19, by hosting a “Creek Week Virtual 5K Run/Walk” at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Rod.

The “Creek Week Virtual 5K Run/Walk” is an innovative and interactive way for...Read more

02/21/2022

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will host an online esports gaming tournament featuring "Rocket League" on Saturday, April 23. Open to players ages 10 and older, the online tournament is free to play and will be live streamed on Twitch.tv. Registration is...Read more

02/21/2022

The Recreation Advisory Board will host a family-friendly 5K/3K walk/run as part of National Trails Day on Saturday, June 4, at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. Check-in on the day of the event starts at 7 a.m., and the race begins at 8 a.m. Online registration is available at...Read more

02/21/2022

UPDATE: This event is sold out!

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will host a Mother-Son Dance on Friday, March 11, at 6:30 p.m. Mothers and sons, ages 3-12, are invited to celebrate their special bond during an unforgettable evening...Read more

02/21/2022

The Town of Wake Forest is reminding residents that loose leaf collection service will end Friday, March 11. As a result, the week of March 7 will offer residents one last chance (until October) to place loose leaves behind the curb by 7 a.m. on their normal collection day.

From Monday,...Read more

02/17/2022
Approximately 60 Wake Forest Power customers in downtown Wake Forest are without power. Affected streets include Yellow Poplar, South White Street, Old Magnolia, South Main Street, Silver Linden Lane and Old Ash Court. The cause of outage is not known. Electric crews are responding, and power is...Read more
02/16/2022

East Coast Drilling & Blasting is performing periodic blasting operations daily from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in the vicinity of Averette Road and Mill Dam Road. The work is related to site grading for the future Rosedale Subdivision. Averette Road Realignment Project which is expected to...Read more

02/14/2022

Drivers should expect delays along southbound South Main Street/US 1A in the vicinity of Alberbury Commons Court Tuesday, Feb. 15, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Mastec, a contractor working on behalf of Dominion Energy, will reduce the southbound roadway to one lane by shifting traffic to the center turn...Read more

02/14/2022

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will host virtual public meetings at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 15, and Thursday, Feb. 17, to solicit input from residents concerning the future of Holding Park, 133 W. Owen Ave. You can join the session of your choice from your...Read more

02/14/2022

The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 S. Brooks St., will welcome the “Sons of Mystro” on Thursday, March 24, at 7 p.m.

Born in South Florida to a Jamaican father and Barbadian mother, brothers Malcolm and Umoja learned to play violin through South Florida’s public school system and...Read more

02/11/2022

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