Earlier this week the Wake County commissioners approved a $6,288.119 contract with J.M. Thompson Co. to build the Northeast Regional Library in Wakefield on Forest Pines Drive. The completion of the new regional library will take some of the pressure off the Wake Forest Library, the only one in northeast Wake County. It is also a signal the county plans to move forward with the rest of the library building and renovation plan, and that includes almost doubling the size of the Wake Forest Library. Doubling the size means the current library will be almost completely demolished, but now library patrons will have a nearby regional library to use. * * * * Yes, there will be an election as we all know because of the constant hail of political ads. It will be Tuesday, Nov. 4, and there will also be early voting in Wake Forest at the Northern

The students at Wake Forest High School will present their fall variety show, “Wake Forest Idol,” Friday night, Sept. 19, beginning at 7 p.m. in the school’s theater. Enjoy songs, dancing, music and comedy along with comic skits by the “judges” of Wake Forest Idol. Tickets are $3 for students and senior citizens, $5 for general admission. The school is at 420 Stadium Drive. Marie Jones is the drama teacher at the school and bills herself as the creative consultant and resident unicorn.

Downtown Wake Forest business woman Pam Jay issued an invitation to be part of the next Cash Mob. Everyone is invited to participate in the next Downtown Wake Forest Cash Mob Event.  We will meet in front of Town Hall at 301 South Brooks Street at 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 20th, to hold a “meet and greet” and divulge the businesses to be mobbed. Then we’ll walk together to a local merchant where each person is committed to spending $20. Afterwards we will continue the party at a TBA eatery. Experience how Cash Mob can be a great way to support and connect to your local community. Please help us spread the word by liking our Facebook page and sharing our posts. This is an event where you don’t have to sign up, just show up! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Downtown-Wake-Forest-Cash-Mob/418388088256076?ref=hl

Wake Forest’s 35th annual CROP Hunger Walk 2014 will take place Sunday, Sept. 28. Walkers will sign in at Wake Forest United Methodist Church at 905 South Main Street at 2:30 p.m. The walk will step off at 3 p.m. The route is approximately 5K. Drinking-water stations will be provided. It is not a requirement to walk the entire distance. Register online at http://www.cropwalkonline.org/wakeforestnc or at the sign-in table on Sept. 28. Invite your friends and family members to do the same. Make tax-deductible donations online or at sign-in. Consider donating either the price of a meal that you enjoy at your favorite restaurant or the dollar amount of a week’s groceries in support of “Ending hunger one step at a time.” Bring along non-perishable foods for donation to the Tri-Area Ministry’s food pantry. Youth volunteers will stack all the cans and boxes of food and will encourage everyone to

Ever complain that you have never seen a candidate for this office or that office in person? Do not complain about that this year for the local candidates. They will all be on view and speaking during the meet and greet event the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce will hold Tuesday, Oct. 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street. It is a free event open to all because it replaces the candidate forum the chamber usually sponsors. There will be a dinner – tickets are$20. More on the dinner when the chamber clarifies how that will work. Now to the candidates. The list is headed by the candidates for U.S. House of Representatives District 13, incumbent Republican George Holding and Democrat Brenda Alexander. Immediately afterward there are four candidates for the North Carolina Senate, Republican John Alexander and Democrat Tom Bradshaw vying for