Wake Forest’s Meet in the Street is a daylong fun-filled event that expected to draw at least 15,000 people on Saturday, May 3, to shop, enjoy the music, the food and the entertainment. It is larger this year, stretching along three downtown streets, and that means more people are needed to man different posts and keep the fun going all day long. Volunteers are needed on two-hour shifts from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., and there are also opportunities to volunteer on Friday, May 2, for the early preparations. If you can give two hours or more, you are asked to email Sherry Forbes at wfmeetinthestreet@gmail.com as soon as possible, hopefully this week. There will be training for the volunteers in late April. On May 3, visitors and town residents will find food trucks, the Carolina Hurricanes Storm Squad with Stormy, a children’s carnival, a beer garden, a bicycle safety

Youngsters, teenagers, parents, siblings and coaches – all part of the town’s All-Start basketball teams who competed statewide during March – filled three-fourths of the seats in the Wake Forest Town Hall meeting chamber Tuesday night. “This is a special night,” Ruben Wall, the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources director, said, standing with Assistant Director Ed Austin and Recreation Specialist Meghan Hawkins. “These young men and women did an outstanding job for us in basketball as they traveled throughout the state to represent the town. They represented us very well.” Wall said he wanted residents and the commissioners to know the youth and their families made so that the town’s seven all-star basketball teams could get to the different Statewide Athletic Committee (SWAC) sectional and then statewide contests. The boys’ under-18 team won the state championship in their age group. The boys’ under-12 team took a second place, losing to

One of Wake Forest’s favorite events, HerbFest will return to Festival Park at 525 South White Street for two consecutive weekends, April 19 through 21 and April 26 through 28. There will be organic herbs, heritage tomatoes, heirloom vegetable plants and locally grown perennials for sale along with live entertainment and fun activities for everyone.

Wake Forest people began burying their loved ones in Wake Forest Cemetery before there was a town by that name, and it is still the chosen final resting place for many. Along with its history – the college presidents and professors buried there as well as town notables – the cemetery is a delight because of its specimen trees, its landscaping and its air of quiet reverence. You can experience it Saturday, May 10, when the town’s Cemetery Advisory Board hosts the annual cemetery tour from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The rain date is May 17. Once again family members and volunteers will be at many of the graves to talk about those buried there and sometimes exhibit photographs or other memorabilia. Frank Powell and other members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans will be on hand to talk about the local soldiers who served in the War Between

On Saturday, May 10, the Wake Forest Garden Club will host its annual Mad Hatters’ Garden Party at the Wake Forest Historical Museum on North Main Street. The event will include the Mad Hatters’ Tea and Garden Seminars from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; an Art and Garden Market and a Classic Car Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and the drawing of winning tickets for the Mad Hatters’ Raffle at 4 p.m. You’re invited to join us for a plated “afternoon” tea and two garden seminars at the Wake Forest Historical Museum. Wear your own “Mad Hat” and receive a free raffle ticket.  The seminars will take place at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Karen Diebolt will demonstrate how to make exquisite gifts using colored foam and flowers and Trisha Bell, a local gardening expert, will talk about gardening in small spaces.  Tickets for the tea and seminars