Area residents are invited to listen to great music and dine outside, while enjoying the fall season during Wake Forest’s Music at Midday weekly concert series. Co-sponsored by the Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department and Wake Forest ARTS, the free music series begins Thursday, Sept. 7, and continues on consecutive Thursdays through Sept. 28. Scheduled from noon to 1 p.m., the concerts will feature a variety of local performers and take place in Centennial Plaza, the gateway to the Wake Forest Town Hall at 401 Brooks Str.eet This year’s fall concert lineup includes Mister Felix on Sept. 7; Capital Transit on Sept. 14; and Loos Change on Sept. 28. The performer for the Sept. 21 concert will be announced in the coming days. Assorted dessert trucks will be on site during each concert selling desserts and sweet treats. Area residents are encouraged to bring lunch –

There are many seniors, adults with disabilities and their family caregivers who are in need of assistance with simple, everyday tasks. The needs are all across Wake County but are more severe in Wake Forest, Rolesville, Knightdale, Wendell and Garner. The Center for Volunteer Caregiving is in hopes volunteers from these areas will step forward to help fill the need, and the center is sponsoring a volunteer orientation Thursday, Aug. 10, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Northern Wake Senior Center on East Holding Avenue. Flexible volunteer opportunities are available. The center gives priority to those seniors and disabled adults who have the greatest economic and social need or are at risk of institutional placement.  

Wake Electric will host the Business After Hours on Thursday, Aug. 24, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. It will be held in their downtown Wake Forest location at 100 South Franklin Street. * * * * The Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce will host its 2017 Golf Tournament at the Hasentree Golf Club on Monday, Oct. 2, and there are many ways for area businesses to be involved by becoming a sponsor, contributing a prize or playing in the tournament. Remember that date is also the tournament’s 25th birthday! This year’s registration includes greens fees, range balls, mulligans, a shotgun raffle ticket with the chance to win $200, beverages during play and a lunch reception. To learn more about sponsorships and prizes, call Sherry at 919.556.1519 or sherry@wakeforestchamber.org * * * * There are still booths available for the chamber’s Business Expo presented by CenturyLink. It is early this

*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be held in Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street Saturday, Aug. 12, from 8 a.m. to noon. On Sept. 9 the market will host the Pottery and Craft Market. See the market’s Facebook page for vendors for the market and later for the Pottery and Craft market. *Monday Night Bingo at The Factory is hosted by the Wake Forest Kiwanis Club in the Mill Room from 7 to 9:30 p.m. every Monday night. All profits support the club’s projects for children. Visit www.wakeforestbingo.com for more information. *Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry at 149 East Holding Avenue is now open from 9 to 11 a.m. every third Saturday along with its regular hours on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for food distribution. It serves about 700 families in Wake Forest, Youngsville, Rolesville and their surrounding areas. Call 919-556-7144 for information about receiving food,