Town News
The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department and the Wake Forest Pickleball Club will host the 2024 Wake Forest Spring Pickleball Tournament Friday-Sunday, May 3-5, at the Flaherty Park Pickleball Courts and Tennis Complex, 1226 N. White St.
The...Read more
Following a two-month investigation, Wake Forest Police have charged Timarin Lawson (photo attached), 501 N. Main St., Louisburg, in connection with an incident involving a 14-year-old that occurred on the evening of November 29, 2023, in the parking lot of Heritage High School, 1150 Forestville...Read more
The Wake Forest Human Relations Council (HRC) will host the 2024 Minority & Women-Owned Business Expo Saturday, March 16, from 1-4 p.m. at Joyner Park Community Center, 701 Harris Road. The event is free and open to everyone.
Over 20 area minority and women-owned businesses are...Read more
The Wake Forest Fire Department (WFFD) will conduct a live fire training exercise Saturday, Feb. 17, at 8:30 a.m. at a donated structure located at 7137 Winding Way.
Personnel from WFFD, Wake Technical Community College, Rolesville Fire Department, and Wake County EMS will participate in...Read more
Beginning today (Thursday, Feb. 15) and continuing daily from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. through the end of February, Fred Smith Company, a contractor working in the Grove 98 development, will reduce to one lane with intermittent two-way traffic the portion of Ligon Mill Road from Dr. Calvin Jones Highway/NC...Read more
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
The long-awaited, much anticipated opening of the Holding Park Inclusive Playground, 133 W. Owen Ave., will occur Saturday, March 2, at 7 a.m. The playground will be open daily from dawn to dusk.
Due to the high volume of attendees expected throughout the opening weekend, free parking...Read more
Wake Forest Police have arrested a local man in connection with two overnight stabbings.
On Tuesday at 11:59 p.m., police responded to a reported stabbing along the 3100 block of Polanski Drive. Upon their arrival, officers located Nyla Eaddy, a 24-year-old female, suffering from...Read more
Raleigh Water will reduce to one lane with intermittent two-way traffic a portion of the 800 block of Jones Dairy Road (between Minna Road and Willowlawn Drive) from 6 p.m. tonight (Tuesday, Feb. 13) until approximately 5 a.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb. 14). The temporary lane closure is...Read more
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...Read more