This week, through next Tuesday, a contractor is delivering and installing eight pedestrian bridges – each between 40 and 60 feet long – for part of the Smith and Sanford Creek Greenway project. The town is advising there may be minor traffic delays at the Rogers Road/South Franklin Street and Forestville Road/Song Sparrow Avenue intersections. Fred Smith Co., the contractor, will deliver the bridges on large tractor trailers. Deputies from the Wake County Sheriff’s Department will direct traffic at those two intersections when the bridges are traveling through them. The Smith & Sanford Creek Greenway Project is a 2014 Wake Forest Bond Referendum initiative. The Smith & Sanford Creek Greenway consists of 2.4 miles of greenway trail and 1.25 miles of sidewalk and multi-use path in the vicinity of Heritage Elementary, Middle, and High Schools. As part of the Smith & Sanford Creek Greenway Project, a 10-ft.-wide, paved trail will

Wake Forest is not exactly New Orleans, but Wake Forest’s take on Mardi Gras will be a day of fun for the whole family on Saturday, Feb. 25. This fifth annual Mardi Gras Street Festival is free and runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A highlight is the Mardi Gras Walking Parade – please do have a mask – which lines up at 12:45 p.m. in Centennial Plaza at 301 Brooks Street and winds its way up East Owen Avenue, then north on South White to end at the Depot Parking lot. It is designed for children and adults with no registration required; just show up ready to have fun. Youngsters can walk, roller skate, ride their bike or be pulled in a wagon. Bikers must wear their helmets. Decorate your bikes or wagons, dress up your fanciest Mardi Gras clothes, and wear a mask. There will be awards

Town officials will host a public meeting Thursday, Feb. 23, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the ground floor meeting room at town hall for residents’ input on the final draft of the Renaissance Plan, about a year after the update process began. People can review the plan at www.wakeforestnc.gov/renaissance-plan-update.aspx. The meeting will be an informal open house where residents can drop in any time to ask questions and offer comments about the plan. You can also submit comments by email at renaissanceplan@wakeforestnc.gov before 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24. First adopted in 2004, the Renaissance Plan for the Heart of Wake Forest proposed a clear vision for the re-invigoration of the downtown area. With about 220 acres, the Renaissance Area lies between the CSX rail line to the west, the N.C. 98 Bypass to the south, and the historic and central business districts to the north and east. There is

Rockin’ the Forest continues Friday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. with Sarah Shook & the Disarmers at the Renaissance Centre. Advance tickets are $10 plus tax and can be purchased online with a Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover credit card at www.wakeforestnc.gov/tickets-events.aspx. Advance tickets may also be purchased with cash, check or credit card at the Renaissance Centre Box Office, 405 Brooks Street. On the day of the concert, tickets can be purchased at the door. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis and seating is limited. A country band with a sneer, a bite, and no apologies, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers were named by Rolling Stone as one of 10 New Country Artists You Need to Know. Regarding the band’s 2016 album “Sidelong,” The Alternate Root wrote, “Sarah Shook and the Disarmers are a country band out of North Carolina that wear its Rock’n’Roll smirk like a

A Night of Comedy has proven to be wildly successful for its sponsors, the Wake Forest Rotary Club and the Wake Forest High School Band Boosters, who share the work and the proceeds. It returns Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, and only 250 $30 tickets are available because of space limitations at the Renaissance Centre. Get your tickets from a Rotary Club member, a band boosters member or at The Cotton Company or NC General Stores, both on South White Street. Also returning are WRAL weatherman Greg Fisher as the emcee and Leroy Seabrooks, a comedian. Paul Miller will be the lead comic. There will be live music by the Wake Forest High Jazz Band, heavy hors d’oeuvres from a number of local restaurants, a cash bar, raffles and silent auctions.