There are no dates but the priority improvements for N.C. 98 between U.S.70 outside Durham and U.S. 401 in Franklin County are simple – four-laning of the entire 27 miles. Meanwhile there will be simple, easy changes to improve the safety of the entire road. Priority #1 will widen N.C. 98 from Sherron Road near Durham to Old Falls of the Neuse to the four lanes. Priority #2 is improving the existing four lanes of the N.C. 98 Bypass (Dr. Calvin Jones Highway). Priority #3 is widening N.C. 98 to four lanes from Jones Dairy Road to U.S. 401. One of the small changes has already been constructed, the roundabout at the N.C. 96 intersection east of Wake Forest. The others that drivers will appreciate are: *Adding more turn lanes at N.C. 50 (Creedmoor Road) *Adding right turn lanes eastbound and northbound at Six Forks *Installing turn lanes at Camp

The Town of Wake Forest is planning four capital improvement projects – phase 3 of downtown improvements, operational improvements to Durham Road (N.C. 98 Business), phases two and three on the Smith Creek Greenway and removing the dam at Ailey Young Park. Town officials want to share information about these projects and hear from town residents how they might be improved. That informational meeting will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre at 405 Brooks Street. It is an open house format; people can drop by any time to ask questions and offer their opinions. Light refreshments will be served and attendees will be eligible to participate in several prize drawings. Picture Wake Forest is the name given to the town’s initiative aimed at sharing information and soliciting community input about multiple Capital Improvement Projects during one meeting. In the past,

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have officially begun distributing new Medicare cards to North Carolina residents. To help eliminate fraud, the new cards will no longer have the beneficiary’s social security number; instead each card will have a unique Medicare Beneficiary Identifier  number. Better Business Bureau serving Eastern North Carolina is issuing a warning to all Medicare beneficiaries and their caretakers of new scams associated with the cards. “Between now and April 2019, Medicare recipients will begin receiving their new cards,” Mallory Wojciechowski, president and CEO of BBB, said. “Consumers should be on the lookout for unsolicited calls from individuals claiming to be from Medicare.” Medicare fraud affects all of us. In 2017, an estimated $60 billion was lost to Medicare fraud and BBB received over 1,400 reports of healthcare/Medicare scams on BBB Scam Tracker. We can all take part in putting an end to Medicare fraud by recognizing signs of a scam and reporting it to

You can make a difference in our community by applying to fill the vacancy on the Human Relations Council (HRC). All residents of Wake Forest and its extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) are eligible to apply. Applications may be completed and submitted online at www.wakeforestnc.gov/advisory-board-application.aspx<http://www.wakeforestnc.gov/advisory-board-application.aspx. Application forms are also available at the Wake Forest Town Hall, 301 Brooks Street. Completed applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, and may be mailed or delivered to Town Clerk Deeda Harris, Wake Forest Town Hall, 301 Brooks Street, Wake Forest, NC 27587; faxed to 919-435-9419; or emailed to dharris@wakeforestnc.gov<mailto:dharris@wakeforestnc.gov. Applicants will be expected to attend the next scheduled meeting of the HRC on Thursday, Aug. 23. The HRC will convene at 6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 015 on the ground floor of Town Hall, 301 Brooks Street. The meeting room is most easily accessed via Town Hall’s Taylor Street entrance. Following the interviews on

There are two seats vacant on the Wake Forest Planning Board, those of Thomas Smith, who resigned in April after the planning board voted seven to two to recommend a 40-unit townhouse project on North Main Street, and Thad Juszczak, who was an unsuccessful town board candidate in 2017. Smith resigned because of the board’s recommendation. Assistant Planning Director Brendie Vega said Monday Juszczak is moving from town to be closer to his grandchildren. All Wake Forest residents are eligible to apply for the two unexpired terms. To apply online, go to www.wakeforestnc.gov/advisory-board-application.aspx<http://www.wakeforestnc.gov/advisory-board-application.aspx>. Anyone without computer access is invited to complete the application by using the computer kiosks in the lobby of town hall at 301 Brooks Street. Hard copies are also available upon request by contacting Executive Assistant Cathi Pope at 919-435-9467 or cpope@wakeforestnc.gov<mailto:cpope@wakeforestnc.gov>. Completed applications must be received no later than 5 p.m. Friday, July 27. Candidates will be