Mayor Vivian Jones will deliver her 2015 State of the Town address Monday, Feb. 16, at the seventh annual State of the Town dinner presented by the Wake Forest Rotary Club. The event will be held at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street and will begin at 6 p.m. Jones will highlight the town’s accomplishments in 2014 and outline the town’s goals for 2015. All area residents are invited to attend. Tickets are $15 per person in advance and $20 on the day of the event and include a catered meal. Dress for the event is business casual. Tickets can be purchased online with a Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover credit card or at the Renaissance Centre Box Office with cash, check or credit card. A processing fee will be added to the cost of any ticket purchased with a credit card.

If you can move your feet and sing at the same time, the Wake Forest Singers really need you.  Rehearsals just started and are open until Thursday, February 19th. The Singers meet at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Durham Road ( Hwy 98 Business Across from McDonald’s)  in Wake Forest on Thursday nights. The  Spring Concert, “Dance,”  is Sunday afternoon, April 12,  at The Renaissance Center.  The Singers….”Hope You ”…take a ” Step In Time” and “Dance in the Streets All Night”.  That’s just hints of a few  of the song titles.  All SATB voices are needed. Ginger Graves is directing and Susan Moss is accompanying.  For more information, contact Ginger Graves at 919-556-7880 or email gailjoyner3@nc.rr.com.

Writer’s Night in the Forest – Exploring the History of Wake Forest will celebrate the history of Wake Forest, as well as the men and women who established the community, as well as its culture and destiny. The event is free, but anyone planning to attend is encouraged to pre-register. Scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m., this special “Writer’s Night in the Forest” will feature a distinguished panel of guests including Carol Pelosi, author of Connections: 100 Years of Wake Forest History. Other panelists will include Ed Morris, Executive Director of the Wake Forest Historical Museum; Chip Russell, Wake Forest Planning Director; Durward Matheny, long-time Wake Forest resident; and Roy Lynam, Mill Village resident. While tracing Wake Forest’s remarkable history from its early beginnings to today, panelists will share interesting stories and humorous anecdotes about the town and several of its more prominent citizens. For example, most people know golfing

The Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Reverse Raffle will be held Friday, March 20, 2015, from 6 – 10 p.m. at The Renaissance Center, 405 S. Brooks Street in historic downtown Wake Forest. Tickets cost $125 each and admit two people to the drawing party. The last ticket to be drawn will win $10,000! This year’s event, sponsored by Focus Design Builders LLC, takes place during March Madness and will have a fun sports theme. Basketball games will be broadcast live on televisions provided by CenturyLink. Come dressed in your favorite team colors or jerseys, and enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres, drinks, a 50/50 raffle sponsored by KB Home, and live and silent auctions featuring vacation packages, spa services, and more. Tickets may be purchased at the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce, located at 350 S. White Street; by calling the Chamber at (919) 556-1519; or from any

This Saturday, given all the unsettled weather, you may find only cabbage when you look for greens and vegetables at the Wake Forest Farmers Market. But as surely as the sun inches a bit north on the horizon every morning, which it does, spring and all its goodies will be coming soon. But the market, which is open from 10 a.m. to noon in the Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street, will have other vendors where you can find breads, baked goods of all kinds, cheese, soap, honey and honey products, eggs and all kinds of meats. Fair weather Saturday may bring out more vendors and more shoppers, so go early. The market will be open every Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon through March. It will return to summer hours, 8 a.m. to noon, in April. See the market on Facebook, take a look at all the vendors and their

*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open in Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 14. *Shop til late and enjoy free refreshments and carriage rides Friday, Feb. 13, from 5 to 9 p.m. during the monthly Art After Hours. *Wake Forest’s Mardi Gras Festival will be held Saturday, Feb. 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. all over the historic downtown area. The day will be filled with activities for families and people of all ages. *Everyone is invited to the 2015 State of the Town Dinner and Address hosted by the Wake Forest Rotary Club. It will be held Monday, Feb. 16, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street. Tickets for the dinner before the address are $15 per person; those who want to hear the address without the dinner should arrive between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m.