The good news for the week is that the Forestville Road bridge replacement contractor is on schedule and will probably finish ahead of schedule, according to a note in the monthly town manager’s update for town commissioners. The completion date in the contract is Dec. 1. The report also says the bridge replacement on West Oak over Richland Creek will begin Oct. 14 while the Rogers Road replacement bridge work will begin in March 2016, although the town’s Operation Bridge Exchange website says it will start April 4, 2016. * * * * One town street project is about ready for construction – Caddell Street. The construction plans are ready, all easements have been acquired and bids for the construction will be opened Sept. 22. Caddell has been a one track dirt street running south from Spring Street and jogging east to meet Pearce Street. * * * * Two

As of press time Wednesday Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald Stephen’s order regarding the Tryon subdivision case had not been issued. He remanded the subdivision’s rezoning back to the town but the details of the ruling will not be known until the order is issued. See last week’s issue for some details of the appeals filed by Frank and Olga McCoy. * * * * As reported in the town manager’s monthly update for the town board, the planning department’s technical review committee met on Aug. 20 and reviewed four plans. The first is a proposed 22-lot subdivision at the end of Ledge Rock Road (Deacons Ridge subdivision) and Cardinal Crest Lane (Cardinal Hills subdivision) owned by Nancy Dameron of Raleigh. There are 12.78 acres in the property and it is zoned conditional use residential 5. The second is a request to expand the Heritage Station shopping center in

Saturday, Sept.19, will be special at the Wake Forest Farmers Market because local crafts people have been invited to show and sell their wares. Along with the usual vegetables, meats and eggs, you will find whimsical, practical, beautiful one-of-a-kind locally handmade crafts including children’s clothing, pottery, garden art, ready-made raised garden beds, houses for birds, bats and butterflies, paintings, colorful organizational accessories, stationery and cards, jewelry, wreaths, soaps, beauty products, butters and balms, candles, photography, toys, scarves, baby items, hand spun alpaca wool and hats, scarves, purses and dolls, crochet, knitted items and much more. Some of the featured vendors include A Stitch Niche, Alpaca Dreams, Graceful Organization, Jewels of Turtle Mist Farm, Kookie, Papercuts, Painted Chicks, Poppy & Purl, Redman’s Pottery, Rose Trail Images and Serenity Meadows Farm. There may be more by Saturday. The Wake Forest Farmers Market is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon in

Nothing says ‘Happy Fall Y’all’ more than a house decorated with pumpkins and mums.  This year, a local charity wants you to buy your autumn decorations Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3, on the front lawn of the Wake Forest Historical Museum. The Koinonia Foundation, which is celebrating its 25th year of serving neighbors in need, will host its first annual Fall Into Autumn: Pumpkins, Mums & More event on the museum’s front lawn at 414 North Main Street, Wake Forest. Locally-grown flowers and pumpkins, as well as refreshments, will be available from noon until 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2 , and  8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3. Tommy Killebrew, president of The Koinonia Foundation board, wants the event to be more than a fundraiser for the foundation. “Fall Into Autumn is our way to meet families looking for a few essential fall items and to create

For the twentieth year the Wake Forest Guild of Artists will sponsor the Tour of Artists, featuring 40 local artists and 11 galleries and studios in historic downtown Wake Forest and the surrounding area. New this year, visitors can participate in hands-on art demonstrations at several of the locations. No tickets are required to visit the galleries and studios where the public can meet the artists and watch them work both days from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. “For 20 years, Wake Forest artists have shared their creativity and opened their studios to the public during this fall weekend,” said Wake Forest Guild of Artists President Beth Massey. “The tour has something for everyone who has a love and appreciation of art.” Hands-on art demonstrations will take place at some of the studios this year, including ART in the DARK- create art while wearing blindfolds; Basic Stained Glass – learn