The Wake Weekly
Wake Forest honors childhood cancer fundraising organization
The Wake Forest Board of Commissioners proclaimed May 4 to be “St. Baldrick’s Day” throughout town at its meeting Tuesday night, and urged citizens to partake in the organization’s annual head-shaving fundraiser. The honor was given to honor the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven charity that raises money to fund...
Local towns honored on ‘Tree City USA’ list
A number of towns in northeast Wake County were included on this year’s “Tree City USA” list, which celebrates communities that have made strides to improve their tree cover each year. Wake Forest, Wendell, Knightdale, and Rolesville received the designation from the The North Carolina Forest Service Urban and Community...
Candle Vigil for crime victims is Monday evening
National Crime Victims' Rights Week is April 21–27. In collaboration with the United States Attorneys' Offices for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina and the Victim Services Interagency Council of North Carolina, the Wake County District Attorney's Office, the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, and the North Carolina...
Lilly, Wake Tech and Durham Tech honored for workforce development partnership
The workforce development partnership that Lilly has with Wake Technical Community College and Durham Technical Community College has been recognized with one of the inaugural Workforce Development Pinnacle awards presented this week. The Business of the Year Award for a company with more than 500 employees was presented to Lilly with Durham...
NCFST Mobile Market returns to Wake Forest
The Northern Community Food Security Team and Ripe for Revival are providing a mobile grocery store across from the Northern Regional Center, 350 E. Holding Ave., on the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 3-5 p.m. – rain or shine. The NCFST Mobile Market offers fruits, vegetables, meat,...
Wake Forest boys lacrosse picks up second consecutive conference win
Wake Forest High School's boys lacrosse team has seen struggles this season, heading into week eight 4-8 and 4-4 in conference matches. However, the Cougars took advantage of the weak back-to-back opponents, taking victories over Fike and Hunt. The two teams had a combined record...
Millbrook girls lacrosse downs Athens Drive in overtime bout
Millbrook High School took on Athens Drive on April 18, taking them down 11-10 in overtime.
Local sports weekly highlights: April 10-16
Another week of NAC-6 plays is in the books as a local resident hits one of the biggest stages in professional golf.
Millbrook boys lacrosse falls short of Huskies in significant game
The NAC-6 conference standings have been ablaze with intense competition, and Millbrook had the perfect chance for a significant upset.
Akshay Bhatia participates in the 2024 Masters Tournament
The 2024 Masters Tournament, one of the four men's professional major golf championships, took place in Augusta, Ga., from April 11-14. Wake Forest local Akshay Bhatia participated in the Masters Tournament, a spot he earned with his victory at the Texas Open earlier in the...
Heritage baseball takes significant win over Wake Forest
On April 12, Heritage High School baseball took on Wake Forest, the No. 1 team in the NAC-6 and the team that beat the Huskies 4-2 just three days prior. In a thrilling second matchup, the underdog Huskies edged out Wake Forest 2-1. This narrow...
Creating community, one conversation at a time
Walking home one evening, I came to an intersection. A family and a couple were waiting for the light, the family bantering about crossing against the light. “My knees won’t...
You Decide: Why are jobs increasing?
The American job market just seems to keep rolling on. The recently released March labor market report showing 300,000 net additional jobs in the country was significantly above economists’ expectations....
Can we teach civics without partisan politics?
“It is difficult to look at the state of American civic life right now and conclude higher education is doing all we can to prepare our graduates for our democratic...
