The Wake Forest Board of Commissioners agreed Tuesday evening to cancel all town-sponsored events, including those at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, at least through October due to COVID-19. Many special events had already been canceled or postponed, such as Friday Night on White and Family Movie Nights at Joyner Park, but town staff were awaiting the board’s guidance on future happenings before initiating event planning. Events affected by the BOC’s decision include but are not limited to: Wake Forest Home & Garden Show Music at Midday Concerts in the Park Wake Forest Unplugged Good Neighbor Day Trung Thu Moon Festival National Public Lands Day National Night Out Wake Forest Dance Festival National Trails Day & 5K Public Power Week Energy Expo Halloween Spooktacular Joyner Park Fall Foliage Tours The decision to suspend these events was based on the unpredictability of the coronavirus, a desire to safeguard the health and

North Carolina passed a grim milestone this week: 100,000 COVID-19 cases. By noon Tuesday the toll was 102,861 cases (a figure probably about 10 percent higher because of uncounted cases) with 1,668 deaths. In Wake County there were 9,063 cases and 93 deaths. Our governor and health experts all say it is up to all of us to help stem this onslaught of cases and deaths by doing some simple things: Wear a mask, social distance when you have to go out of your house and practice good hygiene in your home and by washing your hands. Dr. Anthony Fauci adds two more ways to fight the pandemic: Close all bars and restrict restaurants to 50 percent capacity indoors. Governor Roy Cooper was blunt. “For those who continue to defy basic decency and common sense because they refuse to wear a mask – either wear one or don’t go in

Long before Wake Forest College began in the house Dr. Calvin Jones sold to the North Carolina Baptist State Convention, Forestville was the major village in what was called the Forest District, now Wake Forest Township, in the late 1700s and early 1800s. It may have grown up because it was on a major north-south path used by Indians and settlers on a ridge between Smith Creek and Richland Creek. Also, an early Wake County road, Forestville Road, crossed that ridge and continued on toward the community of Falls. By the 1820s, the Forestville residents and the families on the large nearby plantations supported Masonic Lodge number 97 and the Macedonia Academy with John Purifoy [sic], Samuel Alston and William Alston on its board of trustees. There were stores and businesses such as Alston’s Store, named the first post office in the village in 1838, with William Alston as the

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will host a singles and doubles cornhole tournament on Friday, July 24, at 6:30 p.m. Open to players ages 18 and older, this inaugural event will be offered rain or shine at Flaherty Park, 1126 N. White St. Both the singles and doubles tournaments offer a two-game guarantee with awards presented to the top two players and teams in each category. Registration for both tournaments is underway at https://bit.ly/PRCRCornholeTourney.  The singles tournament is limited to the first 20 people to register, while the doubles tournament is limited to the first 10 teams to sign up. The cost is $10 per person for the singles tournament and $20 per person for doubles play. No registrations will be accepted on the day of the tournament. The following local businesses have generously contributed to the July 24 cornhole tourney: B&W Hardware, The Cotton Company, Lemon