Tonight, the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners will sit down for a work session covering seven agenda items across 105 pages of packet material. There’s a major consulting contract for […]
Tom Baker IV is the publisher of Wake Forest Matters and a lifelong Wake Forest native. A Navy veteran with ten years of active duty service and a career in intelligence and election security, he built Wake Forest Matters to bring accountability journalism to the town his family has called home for three centuries.
The Wake Forest town commissioners held a work session on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. This page archives the agenda and provides access to the meeting recording. Work sessions allow Wake
Wake County’s Board of Education killed $18 million in proposed special education cuts after a five-hour emergency meeting. The funding gap remains. The fight moves to April 7.
Tom Baker IV — Wake Forest native, Navy veteran, 12th-generation North Carolinian — delivered these remarks at the NO KINGS rally in Centennial Plaza on March 28, 2026. He makes the case against the war in Iran, traces the 80-year foreign policy path that led here, explains what it costs Wake Forest families, and calls on Congress to invoke the War Powers Act before the April 28 deadline.
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The Wake Forest Board of Commissioners held its latest Wake Forest board meeting on Tuesday, March 17 at Town Hall for a packed session that included two public hearings, four
In 1953, the CIA overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of Iran. Mohammad Mossadegh had nationalized his country’s oil industry, which had been controlled by British interests under terms Iranians
A note on sourcing: This article is based on publicly available news coverage, Wake Forest Police Department communications, Town of Wake Forest municipal code, North Carolina General Statutes, UNC School
The Wake Forest special session of the Planning Board convened on March 18, 2026, for a called work session to address urgent development proposals and zoning considerations. Furthermore, this meeting
The Wake Forest March meeting of the Board of Commissioners took place on March 17, 2026, addressing budget updates, development proposals, and key community concerns. Furthermore, this regular session provided
This Wake Forest agenda preview breaks down the key items facing the Board of Commissioners. The Wake Forest Board of Commissioners meets Tuesday, March 17 at 6:00 p.m. in the
The Bradford pear Wake Forest problem is worse than most residents realize. Spring in Wake Forest is undeniably beautiful, but it often arrives with a deceptive, snow-white veil. If you
If February’s board meeting was a night of citizen revolt and NCDOT bombshells, Tuesday’s work session was something quieter — a reminder that local government, at its best, is about
The Wake Forest work session of the Board of Commissioners convened on March 3, 2026, for a focused discussion on upcoming policy matters and operational updates. Furthermore, work sessions differ
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