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The Wake Weekly welcomes letters to the editor of 350 words or fewer. Letters should be signed with the writer's name and hometown. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Phone numbers are not published. Email your letter to the editor to editor@wakeweekly.com.

Letter to the editor

Trump called for peace, not violence

February 25, 2021

On the Feb. 18 Opinion page, Roger Jollis (letter, “Trump is guilty”) and Jean McCamy (column, “Pred...

The Wake Weekly welcomes letters to the editor of 350 words or fewer. Letters should be signed with the writer's name and hometown. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Phone numbers are not published. Email your letter to the editor to editor@wakeweekly.com.

Letter to the Editor

Racial Equity workshop would only divide

February 25, 2021

I read in the Feb. 18 edition that Wake Forest Commissioner Bridget Hall-Lennon wants the town to en...

The Wake Weekly welcomes letters to the editor of 350 words or fewer. Letters should be signed with the writer's name and hometown. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Phone numbers are not published. Email your letter to the editor to editor@wakeweekly.com.

Letter to the editor

Poem honors nurses’ sacrifices

February 25, 2021

Poem honors nurses’ sacrifices I am writing to you to request you share a poem I wrote about the nur...

The Wake Weekly welcomes letters to the editor of 350 words or fewer. Letters should be signed with the writer's name and hometown. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Phone numbers are not published. Email your letter to the editor to editor@wakeweekly.com.

Letter to the editor

Trump is guilty

February 18, 2021

My name is Roger Jollis and am an independent voter who has voted equally for Republicans and Democr...

The Wake Weekly welcomes letters to the editor of 350 words or fewer. Letters should be signed with the writer's name and hometown. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Phone numbers are not published. Email your letter to the editor to editor@wakeweekly.com.

Letter to the editor

Wake Forest keeps heart healthy

February 18, 2021

Wake Forest keeps heart healthy This month is American Heart Month. As a physician I know what I sho...

The Wake Weekly welcomes letters to the editor of 350 words or fewer. Letters should be signed with the writer's name and hometown. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Phone numbers are not published. Email your letter to the editor to editor@wakeweekly.com.

Letter to the Editor

Insurrection requires consequences

February 12, 2021

My name is Belinda and I am a small business owner in Raleigh. The House impeached Trump for his inc...

The Wake Weekly welcomes letters to the editor of 350 words or fewer. Letters should be signed with the writer's name and hometown. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Phone numbers are not published. Email your letter to the editor to editor@wakeweekly.com.

Letter to the editor

Congress must strengthen voting protections

February 12, 2021

The first 100 days of Biden’s presidency are under way and I’m hoping that he and Congress will make...

The Wake Weekly welcomes letters to the editor of 350 words or fewer. Letters should be signed with the writer's name and hometown. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Phone numbers are not published. Email your letter to the editor to editor@wakeweekly.com.

Letter to the editor

Virtual school not so bad, has benefits

February 4, 2021

My name is Zach Bilyj. I am a 14-year-old Boy Scout from Troop 5, Wake Forest, Presbyterian Church. ...

The Wake Weekly welcomes letters to the editor of 350 words or fewer. Letters should be signed with the writer's name and hometown. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Phone numbers are not published. Email your letter to the editor to editor@wakeweekly.com.

Letter to the editor

School choice benefits students, not systems

January 28, 2021

The issue of school choice declares education tax dollars should follow students. The issue is not s...

The Wake Weekly welcomes letters to the editor of 350 words or fewer. Letters should be signed with the writer's name and hometown. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Phone numbers are not published. Email your letter to the editor to editor@wakeweekly.com.

Letter to the editor

Peace and blessings be upon you

January 28, 2021

“Love thy neighbor” is a universal teaching in all major world religions and one very much needed in...

The Wake Weekly welcomes letters to the editor of 350 words or fewer. Letters should be signed with the writer's name and hometown. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Phone numbers are not published. Email your letter to the editor to editor@wakeweekly.com.

Letter to the Editor

Congress should pass global relief

January 6, 2021

The holidays just passed, and thankfully there is finally a COVID relief bill in sight. Unfortunatel...

The Wake Weekly welcomes letters to the editor of 350 words or fewer. Letters should be signed with the writer's name and hometown. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Phone numbers are not published. Email your letter to the editor to editor@wakeweekly.com.

Letter to the Editor

Replace Electoral College with proportional point system

December 17, 2020

The debate has started again as to whether the U.S. Constitution should be amended in order to chang...

The Wake Weekly welcomes letters to the editor of 350 words or fewer. Letters should be signed with the writer's name and hometown. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Phone numbers are not published. Email your letter to the editor to editor@wakeweekly.com.

Celebrate Granville’s 275-year anniversary

December 10, 2020

Granville County will soon be observing its 275th anniversary. Established in 1746, the county we ca...

The Wake Weekly welcomes letters to the editor of 350 words or fewer. Letters should be signed with the writer's name and hometown. Include a phone number for verification purposes. Phone numbers are not published. Email your letter to the editor to editor@wakeweekly.com.

Consider pet adoption to stave off winter blues

December 10, 2020

America is suffering from a mental health tragedy. Forty percent of Americans — and a whopping 75 pe...

Letter to the Editor

Honor victims’ lives by preventing impaired driving

December 16, 2020

Ninety-five percent of roadway crashes are completely preventable, so as we approach the end of the ...

OPINION

LETTER: Integrity of election not in question

November 19, 2020

The election cycle is over, even as it seems to drag on indefinitely. There is a lot of rhetoric right now around election integrity and claims of fraud. And that makes it easy to lose sight of just …

OPINION

LETTER: Driving impaired kills

October 29, 2020

Last year, North Carolina lost 35 people during the week of Halloween, and nine of those deaths were caused by impaired drivers who were drunk, high or under the influence of some other mind-altering …

OPINION

LETTER: Short-sighted board can’t see school choice benefit

October 29, 2020

With over 8,000-10,000 names on waiting lists of charter schools in northern Wake County, it was incredibly short-sighted of the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners to deny the request from Wake …

LETTER: Crowded public schools show need for school choice

October 22, 2020

I am a single mother of a high school student. I have been a resident of Wake Forest for the last 13 years. I love our community! I am aware of a project to open Wake Preparatory Academy. I fully …

LETTER: Consider charter school in Wake Forest

October 22, 2020

We really need this school to come to Wake Forest. We live in Franklin County and our schools suck for our address. We want our child to go to an academy and since they are hard to get into because …

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