Apex News

Fight the Bite, a free program about preventing diseases like Rocky Mountain spotted fever from animal and insect bites, will start at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at Eva Perry Regional Library, 2100 Shepherd's Vineyard Drive, Apex.

He had just received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, one of the highest honors a North Carolina resident can receive from the governor.

"We definitely appreciate Apex's enthusiasm, but we're focused on the 34 cities we announced two weeks ago for now," said spokeswoman Jenna Wandres.

The SAT will change in 2016, in time for this year's freshman class. The impact won't be measured with any integrity for several years.

Cary will host worship services throughout Lent at 117 S. Academy St., Cary. For the schedule and details, go to www.fumc-cary.org/Lent .

Cary's free Kite Festival is at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 22, at Fred G. Bond Metro Park, 801 High House Road.

Founders Day at Apex School of Theology DURHAM -- Apex School of Theology will celebrate the 19th annual Founders Day at 10 a.m. Saturday at the school, 1701 T.W. Alexander Drive in Durham.

Dr. Garry Crites of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Duke University will speak with the Cary Newcomers Club from 9:15-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 5, in the lower level of Kirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Church, 200 High Meadow Drive.

White Plains United Methodist Church will host a service for Ash Wednesday at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in the church's sanctuary, 313 SE Maynard Road, Cary.

Cary Presbyterian Church will host a seminar for ages 50 and older or people with parents older than 50 on long-term care types, costs and insurance from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at 614 Griffis St., Cary.

Several dozen people attended the Founders Day Celebration hosted by the Apex Downtown Business Association on Saturday.

"It's just fun," said Patty Geiger, owner of studioVIBE. "The inversions are so great for the body.

Brian Eisner, left, lead pastor for Northwest Community Church in Cary, and Joel Tillotson, an elder for the church, discuss the congregation's plan to build a facility near the American Tobacco Trail.

Cary police arrested Kenneth Austin Alexander at his home at 5632 Monarch Birch Drive, an Apex address in unincorporated Wake County, shortly before 5 p.m., arrest records show.

Cary Presbyterian Church will host a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, at 614 Griffis St., Cary.

The AARP Cary Chapter will meet at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, at the Cary Senior Center, 120 Maury Odell Place.

Cohen opened Gone Stitching Gifts & Monograms in June. She said her choice of location has lived up to her expectations.

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The Wake County Autism Chapter will meet from 6:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, with speaker Louise Southern at Brooks Avenue Church of Christ, 700 Brooks Ave., Raleigh.

Christine Hilt, president of CLH Design, is expected to present the concept for a skating area at Hunter Street Park during the Apex Town Council's annual retreat March 7. The design will focus on a public plaza, not just a skate park.