On Friday, March 6 Fuquay-Varina will be 100 years old. To celebrate this milestone, many activities have been planned for this date as well as throughout 2009.  Local churches will be tolling their bells 20 times each in fifteen-minute intervals beginning at 11:00 a.m.  Since Piney Grove Baptist Church is the oldest church in the area, their bells will toll first, followed by Wake Chapel Christian Church, First United Methodist  and Fuquay-Varina United Methodist Church. The final bell tolls will be led by the Fuquay-Varina Presbyterian Church but rung simultaneously by all of the above churches including St. Bernadette’s Cattholic Church. School children and local citizens with hand bells will chine in for the last bell ringing at noon - you should hear bells ringing all over Fuquay-Varina! Town officials will meet for a ceremony at noon at Centennial Square, the new parking lot and park located at the corner of Main and Academy Streets. Everyone is invited to attend. Businesses in the historic downtown areas on and around Main and Broad Streets will have historic displays in their windows, stores and lobbies and serve birthday cake. Residents are invited and encouraged to stop in and see a bit of their Town’s history.

Banners will be hung from ‘The Mitchell’ promoting this green renovation project. Our doors will be open from 11 to 3 and we will serve birthday cake.  I spent yesterday cleaning interior windows…drove the car inside and turned on the stereo while I worked. -Eric