Coming soon . . . Kars for Kids Charity Car Show The Wake Forest Optimist Club presents the fourth annual Kars for Kids Charity Car Show. The charity car show will be held on Saturday, September 21, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Market of Wake Forest shopping center located at Business 98 and Capital Boulevard. This is a fun family friendly event and admission is free to spectators. Cars displayed and judged must pay a $20 registration fee. Antique, Pony, Trucks, Muscle, Rods, and Custom Cars & Trucks will be on display. Everything from mild to wild – vintage to modern. The Grand Sponsor of Kars for Kids is Ted Wilder Agency State Farm Insurance.Mr. Wilder is also an avid antique car enthusiast and collector. Gold sponsors are Zapolski Real Estate Property Management Company, Johnson Hyundai of Wake Forest, Charlie’s Kabobs, Wake Forest Dental Arts, Sam’s

Based on the July 2024 Monthly Development Report, WF Planning Updated August 6, 2024 With new staff members, the Wake Forest Planning Department has been able to catch up with the monthly reports, and the latest is for July 2024. The only change in the July report is the removal of #33, the White Street project for commercial and residential use in one building that was denied by the Wake Forest Town Board.  The town keeps a running tally of approved projects with counts of those completed. The best inspections current estimate is that between seven and eight people move to town each day, moving into newly-built houses, townhouses or apartments and a few existing houses that were for sale. Projects under review 1. 418 Jones Dairy Road SP-23-11 is a request by David Williams Sr. to rezone 5.61 acres on the south side of Jones Dairy Road from RH

Below is a list of groups – and if your group is not included and should be – please send a note with the information to cwpelosi@aol.com. If the information about your group is wrong or out of date, please send a note with the corrections to that same email address. Aren’t we lucky to have so many groups that benefit our town and its residents? Last updated on July 1, 2023. *American Legion Post 187 meets the second Thursday at 7 p.m. in the American Legion Hall at 225 East Holding Avenue. The dinner begins at 6 p.m. and costs $5. For information and membership, call Commander Doug Doster at 1-603-660-6948. *American Heritage Girls (AHG) meets at 6:30 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church on Rogers Road on the second and fourth Thursdays. Get in touch with Amy Minor at chrisnamy34@hotmail.com or see the website, www.hopelutheranwf.org. *The General James Moore

Edward Alexander Eugene Yarasheski Jr. Wake Forest A time for remembrance and visitation will be held from 12:00-3:00 pm, Saturday afternoon, August 24, 2024 at Clancy Strickland Wheeler Funeral Home, 1051 Durham Road, Wake Forest, NC 27587. (919)-556-7400 Edward Alexander Eugene Yarasheski Jr., of Wake Forest and formerly of Bound Brook, NJ, passed away unexpectedly on June 23, 2024. Edward was born in Glen Lyon, PA on January 9, 1934, the son of the late Edward Yarasheski Sr. and Stasia (Zavistoski) Yarasheski. He graduated from Newport Township High School in 1951 and Wilkes College in 1955 with a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and a minor in English. Soon after graduating, he married his high school sweetheart Elsie Giuliani and moved to Bound Brook, NJ where he taught math, and coached football and basketball at Bound Brook High School.  While working and raising a family, he attended Columbia University Teacher’s College to

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