The Town of Wake Forest and Wake Forest Power are joining forces to help area residents manage their electric costs by hosting a series of free monthly energy fairs. The next scheduled energy fair is Friday, July 24, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Wake Forest Town Hall, 301 S. Brooks St. All area residents are invited to attend and learn simple ways you can make your home more energy efficient and save money on your electric bill. Wake Forest staff will also share useful information about the town’s array of utility payment options, including “Pay as You Go,” and energy saving tools. Wake Forest Power customers will also have the opportunity to schedule a free residential energy audit. A division of the Town of Wake Forest, Wake Forest Power supplies electricity to approximately 5,000 residential and 1,300 commercial customers. A public power community since

July 23, 2003: Mackie did not make deal for water with Raleigh “Our former mayor did not cut a deal with Raleigh,” Wake Forest Town Manager Mark Williams said at Friday’s mini-retreat for the town board and top staff members. Williams was referring to a July 3 editorial in The Wake Weekly in which Publisher and Editor Greg Allen said then-Mayor George Mackie reached a deal in 2000 with Raleigh’s then-Mayor Paul Coble. That deal, Allen said, was undercut by Commissioner Thomas Walters, who went to Raleigh shortly afterward and obtained an agreement for a temporary water contract which has since been extended to August of 2007. Allen said Mackie and Coble agreed that Raleigh would sell Wake Forest all the water it needed through 2027 and in return the town would abandon its plan to draw water from the former Burlington Mills intake on the Neuse River. Since 1999,

During June the Wake Forest Inspections Department issued 59 permits for new homes, 47 single-family houses and 12 townhouses. Dan Ryan Builders pulled the 12 townhouse permits, six for Montonia Street in the Richland Hills subdivision and six for Sweet Basil Street in the Shearon Farms subdivision. The builder paid a total of $50,785 in fees and the improvement total is listed at $880242. The permits for the single-family houses are listed below with the applicant’s name, the address, the subdivision, the stream basin, the fees paid, square footage and the applicant’s estimate of improvement value. *Woodard Builders, 528 Kings Glen Way, Kings Glen, Smith Creek, $6,440.25, 3,862 sq. ft., $250,000. *Cady Construction, 10009 San Remo Place, Porto Fino, Smith Creek, $6,540.50, 3,979 sq. ft., $330,000. *Standard Pacific, 3125 Mountain Hill Drive, The Homestead at Heritage, Smith Creek, $6,569.25, 4,917 sq. ft., $254,500. *Chesapeake Homes, 1109 Woodland Grove Way, Traditions,

*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 18, in the Renaissance Plaza in front of the Renaissance Centre. Food, music and farm-fresh meats, vegetables and fruit, all raised within 75 miles. *A public reception for new Town Manager Kip Padgett hosted by Mayor Vivian Jones and the Board of Commissioners will be held Tuesday, July 21, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the second floor lobby at Wake Forest Town Hall. Light refreshments will be served. After the event Padgett and the town board will hold their regular monthly meeting. *The seventh annual Wake Forest Purple Heart Dinner will be held Saturday, Aug. 8, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Wake Forest Presbyterian Church. A few tickets are still available. *Growing Pains, a community discussion about the impacts of the rapid growth in the county and focused on northern Wake, Wake Forest,