The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department is partnering with Dirty Dogs Spa to host the Fourth Annual Dirty Dogs Pet Extravaganza Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 24 and 25. The event will take place each day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. Free and open to the public, the pet extravaganza raises money, awareness, and food donations for local animal rescues and provides pet owners a fun day out with their furry sidekicks. Attendees will be invited to enter entertaining contests ranging from “Best Trick” to “Pet-Owner Look-A-Like” and attend micro-seminars covering a variety of popular pet topics. As a special bonus, Ultimate Air Dogs, the premier dock jumping organization, will also be on site to present an amazing show. Last year’s Pet Extravaganza raised over 10,000 lbs. of dog and cat food and over 20 dogs and cats

Wake Forest and Rolesville residents will be able to vote early on two Sundays, three Saturdays and all weekdays at convenient locations for the two weeks of early voting in October. Voters can go to the Wake County Northern Regional Center on East Holding Avenue in Wake Forest for the first and second weeks of voting – Thursday,  Oct. 20 through Saturday, Nov. 5. During the second week – Thursday, Oct. 27 through Saturday, Nov. 5 – voters can go to New Bethel Baptist Church on East Young Street in Rolesville. There are also early voting sites in Wendell and Zebulon. It did not begin that way. In September, after a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit found in late July that North Carolina’s 2013 voting law intentionally restricted the voting rights of African American voters, the three-man Wake County Board of Elections voted

The Town of Wake Forest will offer four free walking tours of the local Wake Forest Historic District on the following dates and times: Wednesday, Oct. 19; 9:30 am Wednesday, Oct. 26; 9:30 am Wednesday, Nov. 2; 1 pm Wednesday, Nov. 16; 1 pm Led by architectural historian and Town Historic Preservation Planner Michelle Michael, the tours will include areas along North Main Street, North Avenue, Front Street, and South Avenue. Along the way each group will discuss the developmental and architectural history of the area, along with the significant men and women who lived in the homes. Individual homes will not be toured. Each tour will begin and end at the Wake Forest Historical Museum, 414 N. Main St. Space is limited to the first 12 participants to sign up for each tour, so pre-registration is required by completing the online sign-up form at www.wakeforestnc.gov/wake-forest-historic-district-walking-tours.aspx. Additional tours may be planned in the spring of 2017

The Town of Wake Forest and Wake Forest Power are joining more than 2,000 not-for-profit utilities in celebrating Public Power Week Oct. 2-8. As part of this annual week-long celebration, the town and Wake Forest Power will offer several special events and activities: Public Power Week Crossword Puzzle Contest – From now through Wednesday, Oct. 5, Wake Forest Power residential electric customers can enter to win free electricity in October by participating in the Public Power Week Crossword Puzzle Contest. Three winners will be announced during the evening Energy Expo on Thursday, Oct. 6. To download the crossword puzzle and registration form, visit the town’s website at www.wakeforestnc.gov/crossword-puzzle-contest.aspx. Savings for Seniors Bingo – Wake Forest-area seniors are invited to enjoy a special morning of bingo outdoors on Tuesday, Oct. 4. From 10 a.m. to noon, Wake Forest Power will host “Savings for Seniors Bingo” in Centennial Plaza, in front of

The Wake Forest Human Relations Council (HRC) is pleased to announce Brianna Hernandez and Hank Pierwola as the respective 2016 Good Neighbor of the Year youth and adult award winners. Mayor Vivian Jones made the announcements during Sunday’s Good Neighbor Day celebration at Holding Park. Brianna was nominated by her parents, Amy and Richard Hernandez, who wrote in their nomination narrative that their daughter is committed to serving Wake Forest “and developing herself to become a better citizen.” An honor roll student at Wake Forest High School and the Commander of Saber Team in the JROTC, Brianna has volunteered at several community events, including the Wake Forest Fire Department Fish Fry, Paws 4 Life 5K, the annual Purple Heart Dinner, and the Wake Forest Charity Car Show. She is also an honored member of the Daughters of 1812 due to her academic excellence, leadership, military discipline, dependability, patriotism, and upright