There was no discussion Tuesday night as the Wake Forest commissioners unanimously approved every item on the agenda, including the rezoning for a portion of the Stonegate at St. Andrews subdivision. The Stonegate rezoning amended a conditional use permit to change the plan from 153 townhouses to 71 single-family homes. The original four conditions were carried forward and a fifth was added, which reads: “Until such time as Greenville Loop Road is connected to Forestville Road, the developer shall construct a temporary emergency vehicle access from Forestville Road to Street C.” Action on a petition for annexation by landowners along Copper Beech Lane, a dirt road south of and parallel to Oak Grove Church Road, was postponed until June at the request of Assistant Planning Director Chad Sary, who said a project involving the land would be before the board then. The board did approve the annexation of the land

The Wake Forest Broadband Task Force will host the second of three public meetings on Thursday, May 22, at 6 p.m. about the effort to bring high speed broadband Internet service to Wake Forest. All of the sessions will be held at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 S. Brooks St. Currently there is only one company working on the installation, RST Fiber, but Tuesday night Commissioner Zachary Donahue, a task force member, said there is another company interested. That is CenturyLink, which provides internet and telephone systems to a large number of town residents. No one at CenturyLink could be reached Wednesday to talk about their plans for ultra high speed fiber connections. The first information session was held on May 12, while the third and final meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 29, at the Renaissance Centre. The information series is designed to educate residents about the current

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department has sent out a teaser, announcing that there will be a special announcement on Friday, May 30 at 3 p.m. “that is sure to ‘color’ your impression of parks and recreation.” You can find it on the town’s Facebook page. Hmm! It is not, surely, that they are adding anything. After all, Director Ruben Wall just added cultural resources – the Renaissance Centre and its staff and programming. Surely that is enough on the plate. The department already manages 561 acres of parks, open space, natural land and trails that include eight lighted tennis courts, Flaherty Dog Park, the Wake Forest Community House, the Flaherty Park Community Center, Holding Park Pool and more than 50 miles of developed and undeveloped greenway trails. You cannot overlook all the programs – the ball games for adults and children all year long, the special

Bobbitt Design Build recently transformed a 15-year-old, 5,000-square-foot office building into the new Tuscan Ridge Animal Hospital, located on 230 Capcom Avenue, Suite 101 in Wake Forest. The full-service veterinary hospital and boarding facility aims to provide excellent animal care with a warm Tuscan feel. Bobbitt utilized the existing space to provide the maximum number of exam rooms, while delivering as much boarding and grooming capacity as possible. Bobbitt also addressed owner Dr. Kelly Harper’s desire for natural light by adding windows in the rear and side of the building. “We’ll be able to meet all of our customers’ needs from hospital care to boarding and grooming,” said Harper, who celebrated the animal hospital’s grand opening on May 10, 2014.  

Colorful patriotic handmade quilts by the local chapter of Quilts of Valor – Ladies of Valor will be displayed at Saturday’s Wake Forest Farmers Market, and you can buy raffle tickets to have a chance to win one on July 4. The small Wake Forest group has been making quilts and giving them to local veterans for about two years. They meet every Tuesday at the American Legion Post 187 on East Holding Avenue from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and welcome anyone who would like to quilt with them. The proceeds from the raffle will be used for more quilting supplies. The farmers market – open from 8 a.m. to noon in the OneCare Inc. parking lot behind CVS – is also colorful these days with lots of local seasonal produce, cut flowers, and bedding plants for the garden and flower beds. You will find lettuce, kale, swiss chard,