The Wake Forest Police Department is partnering with the Roxboro Police Department to collect items for Houston police officers and their families in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Starting now, items can be dropped off during normal store hours (6 a.m. through midnight) through Monday, Sept. 11, at both Wake Forest Lowe’s Foods locations – 932 Gateway Commons Circle at Gateway Commons shopping center and 12524 Capital Boulevard at Wake Forest Crossing shopping center. Donated items will also be accepted daily through Sept. 11 at the Wake Forest Police Department at 225 South Taylor Street from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Suggested donations include the following: Men’s/Women’s underwear (new) Socks (new) Adult clothing (new or used) Hygiene and personal care products (new) Children’s clothing (new or used) Diapers and formula (new) Wake Forest police will deliver all donated items to Roxboro Police on Tuesday, Sept. 12, for transport to Texas.

Beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11, Gaines and Company, a private contractor developing the Preserve at Kitchin Farms subdivision, will close the Burlington Mills Road entrance to Bratt Avenue. The entrance is being closed to allow crews to demolish the current entrance and replace it with a new entry that aligns with the planned realignment of Burlington Mills Road. During the construction of the new entrance, crews will also install additional road improvements west of Bratt Avenue designed to improve site distances along Burlington Mills. The new entrance to Bratt Avenue is expected to open in early October. Signed detours will be in place directing traffic around the work area. For more information about the Burlington Mills Road project, visit www.wakeforestnc.gov/burlington-mills-road-closure.aspx; contact Town Engineer Eric Keravuori at 919-435-9441 or ekeravuori@wakeforestnc.gov; or call the NCDOT District Office at 919-733-3213. To receive email notifications concerning road closures and traffic alerts in

The Wake Forest Rotary Club and Rex UNC Healthcare are sponsoring a free Family Fun and Health Fair on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parking lot in front of the Rex Wellness Center in Wakefield. There will be the usual attractions for children and parents – face painting, a bounce house, food trucks – but there will also be health experts on hand and other health experts. Those include a dermatologist, a yoga instructor, balance testing and gait assessment (good for older people), fitness coaching, a chiropractor, a dentist, vision and eye health testing, a psychologist, wigs for cancer patients, an holistic medicine doctor, a pharmacy, physical therapists and someone to explain healthcare power of attorney. The one service striking closest to home for the Rotary Club members is the Be The Match Swab Event. “We are doing this in memory of Jim Robertson,

Mister Felix will be the lead-off music group as Music at Midday resumes on Thursday, Sept. 7. The musical series invites people to bring their lunch or order from dessert trucks while enjoying music from noon to 1 p.m. in Centennial Plaza in front of the Wake Forest Town Hall. The sponsors, the Wake Forest Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department and Wake Forest ARTS, will present a different local musician or group every Thursday noontime through September. The lineup includes Capital Transit on Sept. 14, Dudley Baggett on Sept. 21 and Loos Change on Sept. 28. The schedule for the different dessert trucks is available at www.wakeforestnc.gov where you can search Music at Midday or call Recreation Program Superintendent Monica Lileton at 919-435-9563, mlileton@wakeforestnc.gov.

Area residents are invited to the 22nd Wake Forest Memorial Flag-Raising Ceremony on Monday, Sept. 11, at 11 a.m. The program will take place in Centennial Plaza in front of the Wake Forest Town Hall at 301 Brooks Street The Sept. 11 service will honor Willis Holding Winston, who served his nation in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Members of Winston’s family will participate in the ceremony, which will include patriotic songs, special remarks, a memorial wreath laying and the ceremonial flag-raising. Following the raising of the American flag, the U.S. Marine Corps service flag will be raised in recognition of the military branch in which Winston served. Both flags will fly in Centennial Plaza throughout September. Photographs and other remembrances of Winston will also be displayed in Centennial Plaza during the ceremony, then in the Town Hall lobby through the end of the month. Presented by

Downtown Wake Forest will be the scene of an incredible live music doubleheader on Friday, Sept. 8, featuring two of our area’s most popular party bands. Widely recognized as one of our region’s finest bands for over a decade, Crush will headline the final Friday Night on White of 2017. Presented by White Street Brewing Company, the event is free and will take place along South White Street from 6 to 9 p.m. The Magic Pipers – the band that kicked off the 2016 and 2017 Friday Night on White concerts – will follow during the first FNOW After Party from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 Brooks St. Tickets for the FNOW After Party are on sale for $5 each (plus tax) at www.wakeforestnc.gov/fnow-after-party.aspx. A limited number of tickets are available, so the event may sell out in advance. If it does not,