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By Steve Pinkham | Wake Forest Matters Community Contributor Lidl is less than half a mile from my house, but I can't legally ride my bike there. There's an easy fix, and it brings us in line with our neighbors.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 10 days ago

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This is the big one: America turns 250 this Fourth of July, and our corner of North Carolina is marking the Semiquincentennial with its biggest Independence Day weekend in years.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 10 days ago

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This Fourth of July is the big one — America's 250th birthday. Here's the local history behind it, what the America 250 milestone means in our backyard, and where to celebrate across Wake Forest, Northern Wake, Franklin and Granville counties — fireworks, parades and all.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 10 days ago

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The deed and the Wake County Open Space grant the town itself points to show the 80 acres known as “Shady 80” were bought two decades ago for public passive recreation — walking trails, picnic areas, a parking lot. Wake Forest never built any of it. Now the town is closing the land to everyone.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 11 days ago

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After three deadlocked rounds, a nomination motion, and a second 2-2 tie, the mayor who set this entire chain in motion cast the deciding vote — and told both finalists he expects to see one of them sworn in again in December 2027.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 12 days ago

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Your weekly look at sports and recreation across Wake Forest, Rolesville, Franklin and Granville — summer races nearby, fall sign-up season opens, and area high schools head into preseason.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 12 days ago

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This Fourth of July is the big one — America's 250th birthday. Here's the local history behind it, what the America 250 milestone means in our backyard, and where to celebrate across Wake Forest, Northern Wake, Franklin and Granville counties — fireworks, parades and all.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 12 days ago

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Granville County adopted a $92.9 million budget and held the tax rate flat — then, a day later, its elections board voted along party lines to redraw the county's early-voting map. Franklin County took public comment on two new cell towers, and Louisburg heads into a packed budget night this week.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 12 days ago

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Where you vote early this November is changing across the Wake Forest Matters region — and in Granville County, the decision split the elections board straight down party lines, sending the final call to the state.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 13 days ago

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Wake Forest’s commissioners adopted a new town budget that holds the tax rate flat, accepted $4.64 million for parks, and tightened the town’s rules on e-bikes and scooters at their June 16 regular meeting — then set a June 23 special session to start filling an empty board seat and to award a

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u/wakeforestmatters — 17 days ago

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The town says it was never a public trail. The jumps are gone. The signs go up Friday. Shady 80 is closing.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 19 days ago

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Eleven years after the Mother Emanuel massacre, the cycle of white terror runs straight through our own Carolina history, and we still refuse to name it.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 19 days ago

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At 12:22 a.m. on June 11, I filed a public records request with the Town of Wake Forest. B&W Hardware's announcement that it would close during Friday Night on White prompted the filing. The store's statement cited years of property damage, shoplifting, and unruly customers.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 21 days ago

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At 12:22 a.m. on June 11, I filed a public records request with the Town of Wake Forest. B&W Hardware's announcement that it would close during Friday Night on White prompted the filing. The store's statement cited years of property damage, shoplifting, and unruly customers.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 21 days ago

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Source: Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce press release, June 12, 2026.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 24 days ago

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Many Wake Forest residents say the same thing in venue after venue: the town is growing too fast. They wonder why local leaders aren’t stopping or slowing construction. “Why can’t they just say no?” residents ask.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 25 days ago

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Last Friday night, the Haseeb Fatmi campaign held its kickoff as the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre filled with roughly two hundred people, some standing, all eager to hear from North Carolina's newest State Senator.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 25 days ago

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Many Wake Forest residents say the same thing in venue after venue: the town is growing too fast. They wonder why local leaders aren’t stopping or slowing construction. “Why can’t they just say no?” residents ask.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 27 days ago

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Last Friday night, the Haseeb Fatmi campaign held its kickoff as the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre filled with roughly two hundred people, some standing, all eager to hear from North Carolina's newest State Senator.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 28 days ago

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There is a story Haseeb Fatmi’s grandfather used to tell about a mountain. When Fatmi was a young boy, his family took a trip to Boone. Driving through the Blue Ridge, they passed a sign for Grandfather Mountain.

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u/wakeforestmatters — 1 month ago

By Steve Pinkham | Wake Forest Matters Community Contributor Lidl is less than half a mile from my house, but I can't legally ride my bike there. There's an easy fix, and it brings us in line with our neighbors.

This is the big one: America turns 250 this Fourth of July, and our corner of North Carolina is marking the Semiquincentennial with its biggest Independence Day weekend in years.

This Fourth of July is the big one — America's 250th birthday. Here's the local history behind it, what the America 250 milestone means in our backyard, and where to celebrate across Wake Forest, Northern Wake, Franklin and Granville counties — fireworks, parades and all.

After three deadlocked rounds, a nomination motion, and a second 2-2 tie, the mayor who set this entire chain in motion cast the deciding vote — and told both finalists he expects to see one of them sworn in again in December 2027.

Your weekly look at sports and recreation across Wake Forest, Rolesville, Franklin and Granville — summer races nearby, fall sign-up season opens, and area high schools head into preseason.

This Fourth of July is the big one — America's 250th birthday. Here's the local history behind it, what the America 250 milestone means in our backyard, and where to celebrate across Wake Forest, Northern Wake, Franklin and Granville counties — fireworks, parades and all.

Where you vote early this November is changing across the Wake Forest Matters region — and in Granville County, the decision split the elections board straight down party lines, sending the final call to the state.

The town says it was never a public trail. The jumps are gone. The signs go up Friday. Shady 80 is closing.

Eleven years after the Mother Emanuel massacre, the cycle of white terror runs straight through our own Carolina history, and we still refuse to name it.

At 12:22 a.m. on June 11, I filed a public records request with the Town of Wake Forest. B&amp;W Hardware's announcement that it would close during Friday Night on White prompted the filing. The store's statement cited years of property damage, shoplifting, and unruly customers.

At 12:22 a.m. on June 11, I filed a public records request with the Town of Wake Forest. B&amp;W Hardware's announcement that it would close during Friday Night on White prompted the filing. The store's statement cited years of property damage, shoplifting, and unruly customers.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Source: Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce press release, June 12, 2026.

Many Wake Forest residents say the same thing in venue after venue: the town is growing too fast. They wonder why local leaders aren’t stopping or slowing construction. “Why can’t they just say no?” residents ask.

Last Friday night, the Haseeb Fatmi campaign held its kickoff as the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre filled with roughly two hundred people, some standing, all eager to hear from North Carolina's newest State Senator.

Many Wake Forest residents say the same thing in venue after venue: the town is growing too fast. They wonder why local leaders aren’t stopping or slowing construction. “Why can’t they just say no?” residents ask.

Last Friday night, the Haseeb Fatmi campaign held its kickoff as the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre filled with roughly two hundred people, some standing, all eager to hear from North Carolina's newest State Senator.

There is a story Haseeb Fatmi’s grandfather used to tell about a mountain. When Fatmi was a young boy, his family took a trip to Boone. Driving through the Blue Ridge, they passed a sign for Grandfather Mountain.

At 12:22 a.m. on June 11, I filed a public records request with the Town of Wake Forest. B&W Hardware's announcement that it would close during Friday Night on White prompted the filing. The store's statement cited years of property damage, shoplifting, and unruly customers.

At 12:22 a.m. on June 11, I filed a public records request with the Town of Wake Forest. B&W Hardware's announcement that it would close during Friday Night on White prompted the filing. The store's statement cited years of property damage, shoplifting, and unruly customers.