Senior Center opens tomorrow after closure
The Northern Wake Senior Center will open and resume normal operations Thursday, July 25, at 8 a.m. Meals on Wheels of Wake County will also resume its normal Friendship Cafe procedures and offerings on Thursday. For more information, call the NWSC today (Wednesday, July 24) after 2 p.m. at 919-554-4111. The Northern Wake Senior Center has been closed for three days this week. “Due to staff and volunteer exposure to COVID-19 and out of an abundance of caution, the Northern Wake Senior Center, 235 E. Holding Ave., will be closed through Wednesday, July 24, and possibly longer. “During the closure, Meals on Wheels of Wake County offered “Grab and Go” meals to Friendship Café members from 10:15 to11:30 a.m. in the front Senior Center parking lot.” For updates, community members can call the NWSC at 919-554-4111 after 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 24. The Town of Wake Forest will also share updates on the Town website and via email, Facebook, and Nextdoor. Smart phone users who have downloaded the Town of Wake Forest app will also receive a push
Those were hard times at the mill
100 years of history of the Town of Wake Forest from 1909 The three imposing houses along Faculty Avenue proclaimed the wealth of Royall Cotton Mill, but their foundations were being undermined along with the financial security of many during the Depression. William C. Powell built what is perhaps the grandest, the gray three-story American Colonial home with its porte-cochere and long walk, in 1895, four years before he, Robert E. Royall and Wait C. Brewer formed Royall Cotton Mill. Powell and Royall were both Wake Forest College graduates and Powell had married Royall’s sister. (T.E. Holding, one of the original directors, also married one of Royall’s sisters.) W.C. Powell’s sons built the other two large homes. William R. Powell with his wife, Susie, founder
Raleigh man arrested for non-fatal shooting
Wake Forest Police have arrested Terrell Larry Crudup, 38, of Raleigh, in connection with last night’s shooting along East Cedar Avenue. Just before 11 p.m. Tuesday, July 23, Wake Forest Police responded to a reported shooting along the 300 block of East Cedar Avenue. Upon their arrival, officers located one person suffering from a gunshot wound. The individual was transported to a local hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries. Following an investigation, police arrested Crudup and charged him with assault with a deadly weapon and discharge of a firearm within the city limits. He is being held in the Wake County Detention Center under a $5,000 bond. ###
Correction for truck traffic article
The editor erred last week in the article about rerouting truck traffic from Youngsville to Wake Forest. Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce President Joe Kimray said he learned about the suggestion “. . . at one of our First Friday events. That was in June (6/7). We didn’t have a July meeting due to it being the 5th – and many people were out of town for the Holiday.” Also, “The Chamber has not participated in any sort of planning or execution of this proposal. All we know at this point is what we’re hearing from other regional partners – that this is one of several ideas that NCDOT is examining to possibly help relieve truck traffic that is damaging Downtown Youngsville. “No one at
Purple Heart Banquet is Aug. 3
The 15th annual Purple Heart Banquet will be held on Saturday, Aug. 3, at 3 p.m. in Wake Forest. Hosted by the Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation, the banquet invites the public to help honor those wounded in defense of this country. In addition to Purple Heart Medal recipients and their families, the event is open to all veterans, military families and the public, and is held at Richland Creek Church, 3229 Burlington Mills Road, Wake Forest. The keynote speaker is Patti Elliott, National President of American Gold Star Mothers. She is the proud mother of Brad Elliott of Wake Forest, and SPC Daniel Lucas Elliott, who was killed July 15, 2011 in Basra, Iraq. He was an Army Reserve MP, attached to the 805th out of Cary. Typically this banquet
