The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts will continue the “Rockin’ the Forest” music series with hardcore honky-tonk music by The Backsliders on Saturday, March 19, at 8 p.m. According to The Backsliders website, the band was formed in 1992 when Steve Howell and Chip Robinson began playing as a guitar-mandolin duet in Raleigh. They soon found themselves wanting to amp up their sound in the spirit of the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Rolling Stones – rock and roll dudes playing country-tinged tunes with just the right amount of attitude. Enter Danny Kurtz on bass, Brad Rice on electric guitar and Jeff Dennis on drums. The line-up of two electric guitars, acoustic guitar, bass and drums became The Backsliders calling card, and the band began drawing legions of local fans to their frenetic live shows. With Rice now in Austin, TX, the new line-up features Greg Rice on keyboards.

During February the Wake Forest Inspections Department permitted 43 new homes – 39 single-family homes and four townhouses – to bring this year’s total to 74 new homes with the 31 from January – 21 single-family and 10 townhouses. McCallan Construction has been fitting up two suites at 11480 Capital Boulevard (the retail building on one of the outparcels for the never-built Shoppes at Caveness Farms shopping center) Sam’s Club temporary office. The office will be very close to the construction site for the new outlet store. Another fitting up has been underway in the Friendship Professional Center at 1241 South Main Street for Active Candidate Management Services LLC. Back on Capital Boulevard, T-Mobile will soon have a store in Wake Forest Crossing shopping center near the Just Tires store. The four townhouses will be built at 1073-1077 Blue Bird Lane in the Caveness Farms Apartment complex by CH Construction.

The Town of Wake Forest is offering area residents and businesses the opportunity to protect themselves from identity theft and dispose of confidential documents in an environmentally responsible way by hosting a free “Shred-It” event on Friday, April 15. The event will take place from noon to 7 p.m. – or until the shred truck is full – in the parking lot of the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre at 405 Brooks Street. There is a limit of four “banker-box” sized boxes or four large bags of paper per household or business and a limit of one trip per household. The shredded paper will be recycled, so participants are urged to help reduce contamination by removing all non-paper materials in advance, such as plastic binders, plastic folders and metal tabs. In addition, items that can damage the equipment will not be accepted. Prohibited items include wet or moist paper, hanging file

Summer is just around the corner and the Town of Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department is now accepting registrations for Camp Nahele. Designed for children ages 6 to 12, Camp Nahele (“nahele” means “forest” in Hawaiian) is a full-day recreational summer camp program designed to enhance your child’s summer experiences through arts and crafts, education, nature, recreational and sporting activities. Offered Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the 10-week camp will operate from June 13 through Aug. 19 at the Wake Forest Community House, 133 W. Owen Ave. Early drop-off is 7:30 a.m. and late pick up is 6 p.m. Participants must be at least 6 years old on or before June 1, 2016. The cost of the camp is $100/week. Summer camp fills quickly, so be sure to register early to secure your spot. Register online at http://wakeforestnc.recdesk.com/recdeskportal/. Day camp parent packets

*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open in Renaissance Plaza on Saturday, March 19, with its usual winter hours, 10 a.m. to noon. *The annual Carnival for the Kids sponsored by the Wake Forest Police Department is still underway through Sunday, March 20, in the Home Depot parking lot on Retail Drive. *Want to try for $10,000? Buy tickets to the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Reverse Raffle on Thursday, March 17, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Renaissance Centre. The $125 tickets to admit two people are on sale now and include heavy hors d’oeuvres and dessert, beer and wine. See a chamber member or call 919-556-1519 to buy a ticket. Act fast because only 300 tickets will be sold. *The annual Arbor Day Celebration & Tree Seedling Giveaway will take place Saturday, April 23, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in E. Carroll Joyner