Forest Moon Theater will present “Steel Magnolias” Friday through Sunday 27 to 29, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre. Showtime Friday and Saturday is 7:30 p.m., while the Sunday showtime is 3 p.m. Written by Robert Harling, this heartwarming comedy-drama explores the special bond a group of women share in a small southern Louisiana community, and how they cope with the death of one of their own. As time passes, the women encounter tragedy and good fortune. Although their friendships are strained, in the end they find themselves growing stronger and closer. Advance tickets are $15 plus tax for adults and $13 plus tax for students and seniors. These prices reflect a savings of $3 per adult and student/senior on “day of” admission tickets. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.wakeforestrencen.org/tickets-events<http://www..org/tickets-events>. Please note: A sign language interpreter will be provided for the performance on Saturday, Sept. 21. “Steel Magnolias”

Hip Pocket, one of our area’s most popular party bands, will kick off the 2019-20 Rockin’ the Forest music series on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m. The concert will take place inside the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre at 405 South Brooks Street. Advance tickets are $15 each plus tax and can be purchased online with a Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover credit card at www.wakeforestrencen.org/tickets-events<http://www.wakeforestrencen.org/tickets-events>. Advance tickets may also be purchased with cash, check or credit card at the Renaissance Centre Box Office at 405 South Brooks Street. On the day of the concert tickets can be purchased at the door. Assembling some of the top musical acts in our area, the Rockin’ the Forest music series features a variety of popular beach music and cover bands that play beach music and rock and roll covers from classic to modern rock, with a little funk and original music thrown

The Wake Forest Civitan Club is selling its 16-ounce bags of “fresh off the tree” shelled pecans for $12 per bag. Specialty “gift-bagged” nuts such as pecan logs, chocolate covered pecans, and cashews, just to name a few, are also available. The prices for these range from $5 to $9.  Gift tins of assorted nuts are available at $22.00 each. To place an order by October 8th or for any questions call Betty at 919-435-6115.  

On Saturday September 28, 2019, Coldwell Banker Advantage and Pawfect Match, are joining hundreds of Coldwell Banker offices and animal shelters around the country for the Coldwell Banker “Homes for Dogs” National Adoption Weekend. At the event, we will have the Pawfect Match Rescue, Our Mascot dog named “Bubba,”  music,  games and free hot dogs to help promote this great adoption day. The Wake Forest event will take place at Coldwell Banker Advantage at 600 Dr. Calvin Jones Highway, Suite 100, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The nationwide adoption weekend is part of the “Homes for Dogs Project,” a five-year campaign launched by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC and Adopt-a-Pet.com, North America’s largest non-profit pet adoption website. In just the first year alone, the organizations helped to facilitate more than 20,000 adoptions. Coldwell Banker® launched “Old Dog, New Dog,” a national advertising campaign which told the stories of a family and

The Koinonia Foundation of Wake Forest is selling locally grown pumpkins, gourds, mums, hay bales and holiday wreaths for fall and Christmas in its annual Pumpkin Patch held on the lawn of the Wake Forest Museum at 414 North Main Street. The hours are Wednesday, Sept. 25, to Sunday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 29 from 12 to 4 p.m. Becky Parsons, Koinonia board president, says 100 percent of the money raised will go toward helping neighbors in crisis. “We give emergency benevolent, one-time assistance directly to individuals who struggle with lack of shelter, food, clothing, unmanageable utility bills, medical assistance payments and other family needs,” said Parsons. Besides the annual Pumpkin Patch, the Koinonia Foundation raises money annually during its Koinonia Cares Charity Auction planned for March 7, 2020. The 100-percent volunteer Board of Directors grants funding to local nonprofits and fulfills personal benevolence requests

The Town of Wake Forest’s annual loose leaf collection program will begin Monday, Oct. 7, and continue through early March 2020. Residents are reminded that this year the Town will provide bi-monthly loose leaf collection service which calls for crews to service each town street twice each month. When preparing leaves for collections, residents are urged to adhere to the following guidelines: *  Rake leaves into piles behind the curb, so they do not interfere with traffic or drainage. *  Do not mix sticks, rocks, pine cones, limbs or other debris with loose leaves. The Town’s vacuum equipment is only designed to pick up loose leaves. Your cooperation will help prevent mechanical breakdowns and collection delays. *  Place limbs and brush behind the curb in a pile separate from leaves. Limbs and brush larger than one inch but smaller than six inches in diameter must be no longer than six

The Wake Forest Community Council is accepting nominations of local individuals and organizations that have made an extraordinary community impact for its annual awards given during its annual Community Christmas Dinner. Nominations are due by noon on Wednesday, Oct. 16, for the Citizen of the Year Award, the Organization of the Year Award and the Peggy Allen Lifetime Achievement Award. Nominations may be completed and submitted online at http://tiny.cc/pvkucz. Nomination forms may also be picked up/dropped off at the Wake Forest Town Hall front desk, 301 South Brooks Street or mailed to WFCC, PO Box 1003, Wake Forest, NC 27588. Nominations will be reviewed by Wake Forest Community Council members and the award recipients announced at the 72nd annual Community Christmas Dinner on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. The Wake Forest Community Council is comprised of area civic, service, social, fraternal, religious and business organizations, as well as interested individuals and is

The Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation and the Town of Wake Forest are pleased to introduce “The Wall That Heals in Wake Forest Commemorative Photo Book,” a treasure trove of pictures recording The Wall’s 2018 visit to Wake Forest. This beautiful 8.5″ x 11″ hardcover limited-edition volume is now on sale for $47.50 (price includes tax and shipping). Throughout the pages of this book, you can relive The Wall That Heals’ unforgettable stay in our community through hundreds of poignant photos submitted by amateur and professional photographers alike. From Oct. 18-21, 2018, the Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation and the Town of Wake Forest hosted the replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at E. Carroll Joyner Park. Over those four days, approximately 20,000 people from across North Carolina and beyond visited the park to pay their respects to the more than 58,000 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice

The Wake Forest Police Department is now accepting monetary donations through Saturday, Nov. 23, as part of its 13th Annual Turkey Drive. Area residents can support this worthy cause by submitting online donations via PayPal at http://bit.ly/2019TurkeyDrive. Cash and checks written to the Wake Forest Police Department are also accepted. Anyone wishing to contribute cash or a check to this year’s Turkey Drive should contact Det. M.W. Sattler at 919-795-7270 or msattler@wakeforestnc.gov<mailto:msattler@wakeforestnc.gov>. All monetary donations will be used to purchase additional turkeys. On Saturday, Nov. 23, the police department will accept monetary donations and donations of frozen turkeys at the Wake Forest Police Department Main Station, 225 South Taylor Street, from 9 a.m. until noon. Police officers and staff will distribute the turkeys while they last on Monday, Nov. 25, from 9 to 11 a.m., at the Wake Forest Community House, 133 West Owen Avenue. Det. Sattler organized the police department’s first

Today, Jason Brown and his wife Tay, owners of First Fruits Farm, a farm with a mission to aid hunger relief in eastern North Carolina, announced two significant milestones; this year the farm celebrates five years of serving the community as well as breaks the one million pound mark for food donated. Founded in 2012 by Jason, a former NFL Offensive Linemen, First Fruits Farm’s first harvest was in 2014. During that year, 100,000 pounds of sweet potatoes and 10,000 pounds of cucumbers were donated to organizations such as the Interfaith Food Shuttle, the Society of St. Andrews, and the Food Bank of Eastern North Carolina. 2019 marks five years of the farm’s efforts to aid hunger relief in North Carolina, and the program has expanded its footprint and partnerships. In addition, this fall the farm celebrates breaking the one million pound mark for food donated to the community. First