Wendell News

Wendell commissioners flipped their decision to oppose a subsidized housing development Monday – two weeks after voting to tell Wake County they were against it.

Local police say they issued arrest warrants for the former headmaster of East Wake Academy on Tuesday after a two-month-long investigation into claims that he harassed two teachers at the charter school.

A proposed budget for next year keeps town spending mostly stagnant but requires residents to pay more for utility services.

It's budget season again. Towns are piecing together their spending plans for the next year and trying to figure out just how to pay for new stuff the town needs as the revenue streams that feed the town get battered by a state legislature that is also cash-starved and an economy still in recovery from the recession of 2008.

Solid waste and recycling collection in Knightdale, Wendell and Zebulon will be delayed one day for the Memorial Day holiday.

It's a hallmark of local government. Newly-elected mayors, town commissioners and councilmen ascend to their seats of power, having just won an election.

Bobby Fitts, assistant finance director for the town of Zebulon says he always did better in math at school than he did English and he loves what he does.