The Wake Weekly
Applications accepted for Herter-O’Neal Scholarship
LOUISBURG — Applications for the Herter-O'Neal $1,000-scholarship will be accepted through March 3, a news release says. The scholarship is offered through the N.C. Cooperative Extension Administrative Professionals Association. The scholarship is available to North Carolina residents pursuing a college degree — associate and/or bachelor's — in business or a...
Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources program guide now available
WAKE FOREST — The 2023 Spring and Summer edition of “RecConnect,” the Wake Forest Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources program guide, is now available online at bit.ly/PRCRRecConnect. Hard copies are available at the Wake Forest Town Hall, 301 S. Brooks St.; Joyner Park Community Center, 701 Harris Road; Flaherty Park Community...
Zebulon holds information session on planned fire station
ZEBULON — The town of Zebulon is holding a public information session Jan. 26 about a planned new fire and EMS station project on Judd Street. The session is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Town Hall. ADW Architects, which is handling the project — a partnership with Wake County —...
News briefs: Renaissance Centre commemorates 10-year anniversary with ‘Realizing the Possibilities’
WAKE FOREST — The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre opened in November 2013 by encouraging visitors to “Imagine the Possibilities.” Later this year, the Renaissance Centre will commemorate its 10-year anniversary with a series of concerts, performances, and special events designed to highlight its impact as “the place” our community gathers...
Granville Health CEO Snow resigns
OXFORD — John Snow, CEO of Granville Health System, has resigned, a news release says. Board of trustees chairman David Smith says the board will move quickly to develop a transition plan for interim leadership and recruitment of a new CEO. In reporting Snow’s resignation, Smith emphasized the board’s appreciation...
Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources program guide now available
WAKE FOREST — The 2023 Spring and Summer edition of “RecConnect,” the Wake Forest Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources program guide, is now available online at bit.ly/PRCRRecConnect. Hard copies are available at the Wake Forest Town Hall, 301 S. Brooks St.; Joyner Park Community Center, 701...
Rams win first wrestling conference title
ROLESVILLE — With a 63-12 victory at Wake Forest and then a solidifying 77-6 win against Knightdale Jan. 19, Rolesville’s wrestling program won its first conference championship in school history. Under head coach Jeremy Davis, the Rams finished the regular season 17-8 and undefeated in...
Lady Rams drop 54 in first half against Huskies
WAKE FOREST — Rolesville’s girls basketball team scored the first bucket within five seconds of its game at Heritage and that set the tone from there. The Rams decimated the Huskies 62-20 on the road Friday. Rolesville scored the first seven points of the game...
Wakefield basketball handles Heritage
RALEIGH — Wakefield’s boys basketball team got off to a fast start against Heritage and took off from there to win 57-46 at home Wednesday, Jan. 18. The Wolverines jumped ahead to a 9-2 lead in the beginning and extended that run to 17-6. Wakefield...
Lady Wolverines rally to topple Huskies
RALEIGH — The back and forth battle between Wakefield and Heritage’s girls basketball teams ended with a 42-34 victory for the Wolverines at home Wednesday, Jan. 18. The Huskies took a small lead in the beginning and went into the second quarter up 13-9. Wakefield...
Wakefield announces new football coach
RALEIGH — Wakefield will have a new football coach this year with the arrival of Justin Allred. The former head coach James Ward resigned shortly after the end of the season this past fall. Allred’s hiring was announced in front of Wakefield fans during halftime...
Why did we elect Thom Tillis?
Our senior senator, Thom Tillis, has a target on his back. Angry, disillusioned partisans are calling him a traitor, a betrayer. Curiously enough, those name callers aren’t Democrats, as might...
‘Fair Tax’ a terrible idea that just won’t die
Here we go again: The “Fair Tax Act” is out for its perennial limp around the dead legislation track. The “Fair Tax,” or “FairTax” for those with defective space bars...
Celebrate school choice, options for parents and students
My twin boys, now sophomores in college, never attended a traditional public school, nor a private high school. In no way do I mean to disparage traditional public schools, which...
Dorothy E. Harris
Dorothy Belle Evans Harris, 96, of Franklinton passed away on November 24, 2022. She was born to the late Arthur and Verna Hight Evans on March 2, 1926. In addition...
Nancy Jean Jasany
Nancy Jean Semon Jasany, age 79, passed away peacefully at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill on November 23, 2022. Nancy was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 29, 1943 to...
Betty Christine Minshew
Betty "Christine" Pennington Minshew, age 91, a resident of Bath NC, formerly of Kerr Lake, Salter Path and Wake Forest, died November 2, 2022, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital. She was...
