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The Wake Forest NCDOT revelations at Tuesday’s board meeting delivered dramatic developments. The best-laid municipal plans rarely survive contact with a packed room of frustrated homeowners, or the sudden whims […]
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,
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,
The Wake Forest Planning Board convenes this evening (Feb 10) at 6:00 PM. The agenda highlights the complex balance between supporting local business growth and preparing for the federally funded
There was a time when local politics was defined by tangible disagreements: zoning variances, drainage assessments, and paving schedules. The stakes were real, but they were local. You might disagree
The snow had largely retreated by Tuesday evening, leaving behind the grey, slushy evidence of a winter storm that had paused the pulse of Wake Forest for the better part
For the first time in over two decades, the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners is preparing to fill a vacancy that will not just complete a term, but cement a
This map distinguishes between the Town of Wake Forest’s established Corporate Limits (shown in dark green) and its Extra-Territorial Jurisdictions (highlighted in light green) A few days ago, a reader
If you drive down Ligon Mill Road today, the changes are impossible to ignore. Just across the street from Chesterfield Village, the woods have been strip-cut and the heavy machinery
This is a victory for the Wake Forest right to know. Last week, a judge in Franklin County, North Carolina, dismissed a no-contact order filed in connection with my reporting
To the uninitiated observer, the agenda for the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting on January 20th might appear to be a standard procedural list, a collection of contract
An excerpt from the Board of Commissioners Work Session packet regarding the upcoming Annual Board Retreat. The slide confirms the session is scheduled for January 16, 2026, and notes that,
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
We are blessed in Wake Forest. When you see a Wake Forest Police officer on Friday Night on White, or responding to a wreck on Main Street, you aren’t seeing
If the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) is a window into the soul of the town’s bureaucracy, then the view for 2026-2031 is expensive. Tonight, (January 6), the Board of Commissioners
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