A reader alerted the Gazette Wednesday afternoon that there are at two or three or maybe more 30-foot-deep holes 12 to 18 inches in diameter in the Lewis property that lays between Ligon Mill Road to the west and the CSX rail line to the east. It touches Ligon Mill Road just south of the Margo’s Pond subdivision, and it was zoned light industrial in 2017. It apparently is still owned by Mr. Lewis. The holes pose hazards for children and pets, and neighbors are urged to keep them away from the property. The Gazette will try to determine next week what has been done or could be done to remove the dangers by either fencing and signs or refilling the holes. * * * * The Wake Forest Gazette has mentioned the planned traffic bridge over the CSX rail line on Rogers Road several times recently. Jonathan Jacobs, the

The new recycling requirements that the Town of Wake Forest has put in place are working well, Allison Snyder, the assistant director for the Public Works Department said in an email this week. “We have had some general complaints about the changes, but most residents are understanding once we explain the reasoning and outside factors leading to the changes.” No one has been banned from using a recycling cart, Snyder said. “There have been minimal repeat offenders on recycling-related issues.” It is the Republic drivers who check the recycling carts. “The contracted drivers keep an eye on their hopper cameras (existing in the trucks prior to the changes). They look for large amounts of contaminates throughout their routes and tag carts as they notice issues. It is an ongoing program with the drivers looking at the camera whenever possible.” To find out if an item can be thrown into your

The Wake Forest Presbyterian Church will sponsor a community-wide meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, to discuss the possibility of opening a pay-what-you-can restaurant in downtown Wake Forest to provide an additional resource for those in our community without reliable access to affordable nutritious food. Maggie Kane, the executive director of A Place at the Table in downtown Raleigh, will be the keynote speaker to talk about the mission of her pay-what-you-can restaurant and what it has meant to those in her community since opening in January 2018. The meeting will be held in the sanctuary of the church, which is at 12605 Capital Boulevard. Please tell other people who may be interested in this discussion and share the meeting information with them. Please RSVP to Kevin Meese at kjmeese20@gmail.com. #

Applications are now being accepted for participation in the 2019 Wake Forest Christmas Parade. Application forms are available online at http://bit.ly/WFChristmasParade and at the Wake Forest Town Hall, 301 South Brooks Street. Interested participants may submit their application online or by mail to Wake Forest Christmas Parade, c/o Wake Forest Downtown, Inc., 301 South Brooks Street, Wake Forest, NC 27587. Entries postmarked by Friday, Nov. 1, will be considered for inclusion based on the number of entries needed for each category. Accepted entrants will be notified via email no later than Tuesday, Nov. 12. Payment for entry is due at the time of application. Parade packets for accepted participants will be mailed Tuesday, Nov. 26. The packet will include vehicle passes, parking information, and other pertinent event details. Sponsored by PowerSecure and presented by Wake Forest Downtown  Inc., this year’s Wake Forest Christmas Parade is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14, at 1

The Wake Forest Rise Against Hunger event will be held Saturday, Oct. 26, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Wake Forest United Methodist Church. Organizers say the volunteers will pack about 55,000 meals. The organizers will start setting up at 8 a.m. and volunteers are asked to check in between 9:30 and 10 before the approximately two hours it will take to pack the food and clean up afterward. The organizers said, “We request that all participants bring canned food as a donation to Hope House, the food pantry for Friendship Chapel Baptist Church. “We are requiring all participants to register for the event as we are expecting participants from more than 20 organizations as well as the general public.  We have capped the number of volunteers for meal packing at 250.  Please find below the link for registration.  You can make a single entry and then adjust the