Morning Notes for Oct. 28: City Hall, Schools, Around town

Weather: Today: Partly sunny, 70°F. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, 53°F. Thursday: Mostly sunny, 74°F. Thursday Night: Mostly clear, 49°F. (NWS forecast)

City Hall

• Volunteers Needed for Big Sweep Community Cleanup in Boston-Thurmond on Nov. 7 Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful is hosting a Big Sweep Community Cleanup in the Boston-Thurmond neighborhood on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to noon. Residents of all ages are invite (City of Winston-Salem)
• Rural Hall Area Plan Second Public Input Meeting Scheduled The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Planning and Development Services Department will host a second public input meeting for the Rural Hall Area Plan process on Thursday Nov. 5, at 5: (City of Winston-Salem)
• Public Invited to Help Shape Regional Transportation Priorities on Nov. 4 Meeting The Winston-Salem Area Transportation Planning Organization (WSA TPO) invites residents, commuters, business owners, and community stakeholders to provide input on transportation p (City of Winston-Salem)

Schools

• Everything You Need to Know When Applying to a Magnet School (Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools)

Around town

• Why do we see ghosts? The science behind spooky encounters At Halloween, when people share tales of haunted houses, ghosts in the graveyard and things that go bump in the night, Wake Forest University psychologist Melissa Maffeo responds w (Wake Forest University)
• Beyond the Field: Wake Forest and UVA Work Together When Wake Forest hosts the University of Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 31, thousands of fans will watch the ACC football matchup. Here is a look at three off-the-field areas where Wak (Wake Forest University)
• Project Pumpkin brings trick-or-treating for a cause to Wake Forest campus Wake Forest University students will welcome hundreds of local schoolchildren to campus from 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, for the annual Project Pumpkin fall festival on Hearn Plaza. (Wake Forest University) Morning Notes is a daily digest of what Winston-Salem’s public bodies published, linked to the original. Have something for tomorrow’s Notes? Send a news tip.