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An oil painting filter was applied to a photograph of the Wake Forest Town Hall. (Image altered using AI) The Wake Forest Board of Commissioners convenes this Tuesday, February 17, at 6 pm at Town Hall (301 S. Brooks Street). A close analysis of the agenda reveals a pivotal moment of transition. The Town is
A notification from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services officially disapproving the UNC Health Rex Wake Forest Hospital proposal. If you drove down Capital Boulevard this morning, you sat in it. The gridlock. The red lights. The absolute nightmare that is our daily commute. Now, imagine doing that drive while having a
If you drive in Wake Forest, you have almost certainly been “read.” A map of the Wake Forest “Digital Fence,” showing the geographical distribution of surveillance cameras at nearly every major entry point into the town. Source: https://deflock.me/map#map=12/35.964530/-78.524780 According to documents obtained through public records requests, the 25 solar-powered Automatic License Plate Readers installed by
I grew up here in Wake Forest back when it was a small town, and you knew just about everyone. You waved at every car because chances were, you knew who was driving. The community still has that familiar feeling, but it’s grown far beyond the footprint I remember—new neighborhoods, new schools, new faces from
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