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The E. Carroll Joyner Park playground, situated behind the Joyner Park Community Center, 701 Harris Road, will be closed the week of April 29.

The temporary closure is necessary to allow crews to perform routine maintenance and repair the water drainage ditch.

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04/24/2024

The Town of Wake Forest, the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, and Resources for Seniors are partnering with Village of C.A.R.E. to offer a free Expressive Arts Series at the Northern Wake Senior Center, 235 E. Holding Ave., from 10 a.m.-noon on the following Saturdays in May and June: May 4, 11,...Read more

04/24/2024

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department is accepting youth volleyball applications for girls ages 9-16 through the end of April. Online registration is available at http://bit.ly/PRCRGirlsVolleyball .

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04/24/2024

Raleigh Water has reduced to one lane with alternating two-way traffic a portion of South Main Street/US 1A near Vernon Avenue. The temporary lane closure is necessary to allow crews to repair a sewer line.

Signage and flaggers are in place...Read more

04/24/2024

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

04/23/2024

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

04/22/2024

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

04/22/2024

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

04/22/2024

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

04/22/2024

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

04/19/2024

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