Are you concerned about how the school system will house and educate all those new students in the new subdivisions in Wake Forest and Rolesville? Are you frustrated by the traffic on your way to work or shop? Do you wonder about our water supply and the quality of the water in our streams and rivers? If you answer yes to all or one of these questions, you should join in a community discussion titled Growing Pains that will be held Thursday, Aug. 13, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Wake Forest Town Hall. WakeUP Wake County is hosting the discussion, the fourth of its kind throughout the county. There will be a brief presentation about the new Wake transit plan, the Wake school budget, and Falls Lake, followed by a conversation about the impact of rapid growth on these two Northern Wake communities. Rolesville Mayor Frank Eagles, Wake

The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts will host the “Forest of Wake Storytelling Festival” on Saturday, Aug. 15. Featuring four professional storytellers, along with entertaining workshops and concerts for children and adults, the festival will introduce the art of storytelling to the Wake Forest community and celebrate one of humanity’s oldest art forms. Audiences of ages 6 and older are sure to relate to the colorful, humorous and inspirational stories shared by the lineup of storytellers, including Cary’s Alan Hoal, Ron Jones and Pamela Alberda from Durham and Raleigh’s Henry Gogel. Hoal is a highly energetic and animated storyteller who has taken home numerous storytelling awards. He travels throughout the United States telling stories at festivals and retreats as well as at colleges, secondary schools and libraries. He has also shared his talents at church, corporate and civic events. Hoal has a diverse repertoire from the hilarious, to

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will begin accepting 2016 facility rental reservations for selected town facilities on Monday, Aug. 3, according to the following schedule: Reservations for E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road, will be accepted beginning at 8 a.m. in the Wake Forest Town Hall Ground Floor Meeting Room, 301 S. Brooks St. The Ground Floor Meeting Room is most easily accessible through town hall’s Taylor Street entrance. For more information, call 919-435-9560. Reservations for the Alston-Massenburg Center, will be accepted at the Alston-Massenburg Center, 416 N. Taylor St., starting at 8 a.m. For more information, call 919-554-6189. Reservations for the Flaherty Park Community Center, 1226 N. White St., will be held at the Flaherty Park Community Center beginning at 8 a.m. For more information, call 919-554-6726. Reservations for the Wake Forest Community House for the period May 1 – Dec. 31, 2016, will

July 30, 2003: Board upholds Birthplace plans, 4-1 By a 4-1 vote Wednesday night, the Wake Forest Board of Adjustment upheld the Historic Preservation Commission’s action in granting a certificate of appropriateness to the Wake Forest College Birthplace Society to construct an exhibit/office/meeting building behind the Calvin Jones House on North Main Street. It was unclear Thursday morning if the protesting neighbors plan to appeal that decision to Wake County Superior Court. Wednesday night neighbor Steve Grissom said they needed some time to think about it, and his wife, Cheryl, said, “There’s still the rezoning.” “We’re evaluating our options on how to proceed,” Nancy and Don Bates said in a statement issued Thursday. “We were disappointed” by the decision, they said. The Bates are the appellants of record against the commission’s decision; other North Main residents are helping with the legal costs of the appeal. The Bates’ statement said they

*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 1, in the Renaissance Plaza in front of the Renaissance Centre. Food, music and farm-fresh meats, vegetables and fruit, all raised within 75 miles. *The seventh memorial flag-raising for a Wake Forest-area veteran will honor Wayne Welborn, a U.S. Army veteran, at 11 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 3, in Centennial Plaza in front of the Wake Forest Town Hall on Brooks Street. *The Wake Forest Town Board will hold a work session Tuesday, Aug. 4, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the second floor meeting room at Wake Forest Town Hall on Brooks Street. *The Wake Forest Planning Board will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday, Aug. 4, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the second floor meeting room at Wake Forest Town Hall on Brooks Street. *The seventh annual Wake Forest Purple Heart Dinner will be held