For the third year the Taste of Music Festival will be in Wake Forest at 237 Friendship Chapel Road beginning at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 8. There will be reggae, jazz, gospel, R&B and hip-hop performed by long lists of artists along with vendors of all kinds, food and fun interactive activities for the kids. The VIP ticket for $60 includes seats under the tent, food and non-alcoholic beverages. General admission tickets are $20, and you must bring your own lawn chair. Children 12 and under are admitted free. ###

The Wake Forest Police Department will host a Touch-A-Truck fundraiser for Special Olympics NC on Saturday, June 22, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at The Factory, 1839 S. Main St. Families and children of all ages will be granted an all-access pass to police cars, fire trucks, a helicopter, boat, Humvee, military vehicles, and more. The cost is $5 per person and $20 per family of any size. All proceeds will benefit Special Olympics NC. Throughout the event, Wake Forest Police officers will also be selling 2024 Special Olympics NC Torch Run T-shirts for $20, and Two Roosters Ice Cream will be onsite selling sweet treats. For more information, contact Sgt. J. McArthur at 919-554-6150 or jmcarthur@wakeforestnc.gov. ###

Beginning Thursday, May 30, and continuing through Friday, June 14, Fred Smith Company, a contractor working on the 2024 Wake Forest Road Resurfacing Project, will reduce to one lane with intermittent two-way traffic the portion of North Franklin Street from Royal Mill Avenue to East Perry Avenue from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. each day. The temporary lane closure is necessary to allow crews to resurface this portion of North Franklin Street, along with Groveton Trail and Jaffiley Court. Signage and flaggers will safely direct motorists through the work areas. Affected residents along these roads were notified of the work in advance by door hanger. During the scheduled work dates, parking will be prohibited along the street. Vehicles left on the street on the scheduled work dates will be towed at the owner’s expense. Targeting over 20 Wake Forest streets and roadways, the 2024 Road Resurfacing Project consists of concrete work, which

The Town of Wake Forest and several local veterans’ organizations will continue their monthly flag-raising ceremonies in Town Hall’s Centennial Plaza on Monday, June 3, at 11 a.m. The 54th Wake Forest Memorial Flag-Raising Ceremony will honor Vernon Davis, who served our nation in the US Army during World War II and the Korean War, and Alphus “Stump” Davis, who served in the US Navy in World War II and the US Army during the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.  Family members and friends of the Davis family will participate in the ceremony, which will include patriotic songs, special remarks, a memorial wreath laying, and the ceremonial flag-raising.  During the service, the Wake Forest Fire Department Honor Guard will raise the American flag and the US Army service flag in recognition of the military branch in which both Vernon and Alphus served. Both flags will fly in Centennial Plaza throughout June. Photographs and other

Work on an NCDOT Bridge Preservation Project will continue to require overnight closures along Dr. Calvin Jones Highway/NC 98 Bypass through October. American Contracting & Services, Inc., a private contractor working on behalf of NCDOT, is alternately closing all lanes along eastbound and westbound Dr. Calvin Jones Highway/NC 98 Bypass from Ligon Mill Road to Galaxy Drive weeknights and (some) weekends from 9 p.m.-5 a.m. The lane closures are necessary to allow crews to preserve the bridge over Richland Creek. Detour signage will be in place each evening to manage traffic flow and safely direct traffic around the work area. Delays are expected, so motorists are encouraged to avoid the area if possible and plan an alternate route. The bridge rehabilitation project consists of milling and repaving the bridge approaches, repairing the concrete deck, substructure, railing, and bridge joint, epoxy coating the concrete girder ends, and treating the bridge deck. The