There was an error in last week’s Gazette article about the planning board’s agenda. The new member of the board is Thad Juszczak. We apologize for the error.  

Area Purple Heart Medal recipients and military veterans and their families are invited to the seventh annual Purple Heart Dinner to be held Saturday, Aug. 8, at 5:30 p.m. at Wake Forest Presbyterian Church. Hosted by the Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation, the dinner invites the public to help honor those wounded in battle. In addition to Purple Heart Medal recipients and their families, the dinner is open to all veterans, military families and the public. The Purple Heart dinner also includes the Walk of Honor, entertainment by the 440th Army Band, patriotic tributes and a catered meal. Last year’s celebration saluted more than 40 Purple Heart recipients. Sgt. Kyle Snyder, who served in Afghanistan with the 514th Military Police Company, will be the keynote speaker. On Oct. 1, 2012, Snyder’s squad was approached by a suicide bomber who detonated his vest, killing three U.S. soldiers and 16 Afghans and

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

August 6, 2003: Filing ends with only four candidates for three seats What has dampened enthusiasm for local government? Wake Forest, which in the past always had a healthy crop of contenders for seats on the board of commissioners, this year has only four people vying for three seats. Incumbent Commissioners Velma Boyd and David Camacho have filed to retain their positions, and Stephen Barrington and Mark Traveis, both newcomers to town politics, round out the slate. The staff of the Wake County Board of Elections sent Town Clerk Joyce Wilson a stack of filing forms in June, but most of them were still on her desk Friday morning as she and reporters watched the clock hands move to 12 noon, the end of the filing period. Two years ago, when two commission seats were open, there were five candidates: winners Rob Bridges and Chris Malone along with David Camacho,

*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 8, 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 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, and Rolesville, will be held Thursday, Aug. 13, in Wake Forest Town Hall on Brooks Street from 7 to 8:30 p.m. See details in this week’s issue. *The  Forest of Wake Storytelling Festival  will be held Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street beginning at 9:30 a.m. and continuing all day. See article in