Fuquay Varina News

A concert to kickoff the festival will begin at 8 p.m. Friday in the Varina Downtown District.

It happened just before 7 p.m. on Fannie Brown Road in Fuquay-Varina, causing the road to be shut down for hours.

Mayor John Byrne and Police Chief Larry Smith pose with new Fuquay-Varina Police Officer Brian Wohl.

The Fuquay-Varina Revitalization Association today announced that a local project was recognized for its excellence in the 2009 N.C. Main Street Awards competition.

Sergeant Jeff Wenhart of the Fuquay-Varina Police Department was recently honored, for the second year in a row, at the Wake County Exchange Club's Law Enforcement Recognition banquet for Outstanding Performance and Service.

Announcement is made of the engagement of Kim Horner of Fuquay Varina, daughter of Barbara Horner of Saegertown, Pa., and the late Richard Horner, to Christopher Dunnagan of Boone, son of Pat Dunnagan of Burlington and the late Tommy Dunnagan.

Pictured from left are Monica Deer, soloist, Debbie McClamroch, speaker, Kathy Dickens, core group member, Doris Weathers, chairman of core group for Priority Associates.

Photo by Dick Leinbach St Mary Magdalene Church held its Fourth Annual Monarchs in Motion 5K on Saturday, May 14 with 441 participants.

On Sunday, Oct. 31, Scout leaders, members of Boy Scout Troop 444 of Fuquay-Varina, friends, and family gathered to proudly celebrate the rank achivement of Cameron D. Theobald.

The Fuquay-Varina Woman's Club honored one of its own on May 14, at the final banquet meeting for this administration.

At Windsor Point, the residents participate in activities that promote healthy aging on a daily basis, but the month of September offered some special activities that reiterated the physical, mental, social and financial aspects of Healthy Aging.

It's that time of year. The time when calendars get chocked full of fun activities that we look forward to with great anticipation.

Getting your child ready for a new school year of reading, writing and arithmetic takes more than just shopping for new shoes, notebooks, pens and pencils.

Bethany Sampson and J. David Morgan were married Saturday, April 21, 2012, at the Rand-Bryan House in Garner.

Museum Mystery Item The ceramic "thing" shown, now on display in Fuquay-Varina's Centennial Museum, was found in a small house believed to have been a millinery shop opened in the early 1900's near Joe Ballentine's Varina Mercantile Store across Main Street from the Fuquay Mineral Spring.

The Hidden Valley Golf Course in southern Wake County has been sold for pennies on the dollar to a Charlotte real estate investor group led by former state Sen.

Please join Wake Enterprises , a United Way of the Greater Triangle Partner Agency, on May 25, from 10 a.m.-12 noon at 3333 Air Park Road Fuquay-Varina. There will be a raised bed flower competition between four groups of WE participants, light refreshments served, guided tours of the facility, the grounds and greenhouse, and therapy dogs will be ... (more)

When the 2010 census figures were released last week, those in Fuquay-Varina who watch such things may have experienced a little droop in their feathers.

A Wake County emergency services worker has been placed on unpaid suspension amid allegations that he traded child pornography over the Internet.

Saturday festivities will be held in downtown Fuquay from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The festival features a Kid Zone with lots of activities, live entertainment, the Fuquay Cruisers, more than 70 arts and crafts vendors, food, more entertainment, and fun.