In Memory of Barbara L. House
Barbara Lynn (Koch) House, 71, of Seven Lakes, passed on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at herresidence. A celebration of life will be held at the…
Articles by Maggie Beamguard
In Memory of Karen E. Yelcich
Karen Elizabeth Yelcich, 82, of McClendon Hills, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 18, 2025 ,at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill, after a brief illness….
Night Life in Seven Lakes: Nothing Trivial about It
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor Dusk settles over Seven Lakes. Headlights send a herd of deer scampering through the yard. A sneaky fox stalks his…
A Lifetime of Public Service
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor Editor’s Note: This is the third and final article in a series introducing our local fire chiefs. Many children get…
Everything Nice: Children’s Salon Anything but Cut and Dried
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor Stepping into the Sugar and Spice Salon in Seven Lakes will make you feel like a kid again. Bright colors…
What’s In a Name? And How Do You Spell It?
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Editor By my estimation, I complete 70-90 interviews each year for the Seven Lakes Insider. The first, and most important, job of…
Waxing Eloquent: WEE Students Create a Learning Museum
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor Sightings of the famous and infamous were made recently at West End Elementary School. Oprah Winfrey holding a microphone, The…
Outfitted for Summer: Seven Lakes Ace Hardware Levels Up
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Seven Lakes Ace Hardware turns lucky seven this spring. As the store matures, it is undergoing a revamp. “Every few…
Garden Club Members Create Blooming Art Entry
CONTRIBUTED After reading about the annual Blooming Art of the Sandills Exhibition hosted by the Garden Club of the Sandhills, Jo Cermele, a Seven Lakes…
The Women of Seven Lakes Prepare for the 2025-2026 Season
Contributed The Women of Seven Lakes (WoSL) Board members will be busy during the months of June through August preparing for the startup of the…
Garden Club Enjoys an Abundance of April Events
Contributed Members of the Seven Lakes Garden Club have enjoyed a number of special April events. The club kicked off its April meeting with an…
STARS Charter Rolls Out Virtual Classes
By MATT LAMB Staff Writer As charter school populations continue to grow in Moore County, students in grades four through nine will have an additional…
Vass Sailor Lost at Pearl Harbor Comes Home in Honor
By ELENA MARSH Staff Writer On a warm spring day, family and friends gathered at Frye Chapel in Vass for a birthday, a memorial and…
Moore County Schools Names Teacher, Principal of the Year
Staff Report Diana Rowland, an educator at Vass-Lakeview Elementary School, and Sandhills Farm Life Elementary Principal Julie MacPherson have been named Moore County Schools Teacher…
School Administrator Wins Leadership Honor
Contributed The North Carolina School Superintendents Association and the North Carolina Alliance for School Leadership Development (NCASLD) have announced Jamie Synan a recipient of the…
Boys and Girls Club Welcomes New CEO
By ELENA MARSH Staff Writer The Boys & Girls Club of the Sandhills is welcoming local businessman Reggie Smith as the group’s new CEO. An…
SLLA OKs Dues Increase, Reviews Year of Projects
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor The Seven Lakes Landowners Association (SLLA) held its annual meeting on March 29. New board members and the budget vote…
Committee Eyes Options Around New High School
By MATT LAMB Staff Writer For years, the elephant in the room — in terms of size, scope and cost — has been the idea…
St. Onge’s Fire: Igniting a Legacy
Editor’s Note: Seven Lakes, West End and Eagle Springs fire stations serve the community of southwestern Moore County with both paid and volunteer staff, often…
Getting to Know the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
Contributed Members of the Seven Lakes Garden Club gained insight into the life and habitat of the red-cockaded woodpecker from Gabriela Garrison, Habitat Conservation Coordinator…
Coordinated Protection: District to Vote on New Security Program
By MATT LAMB Staff Writer Moore County Schools will look to further bolster its emergency management system by potentially purchasing and implementing the Centegix Safety…
WEE Teacher of the Year: Life’s Lessons Come from The Art, Messes We Make
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor In the famous words of American painter Bob Ross, “We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.” It is a…
Second-Hand, Not Second-Rate at 7 Sparrows
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Second-hand doesn’t mean second-rate. Ciara Sheerin, a self-described minimalist, has opened 7 Sparrows, a nonprofit boutique in Seven Lakes designed…
A Life of Faith, Integrity: Eagle Scout Honored Posthumously
BY LAURA DOUGLASS Staff Writer Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent are the hallmark character traits of a…
Don Smith, A Man of the Lake, Receives Fellingham Award
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The 2025 recipient of the prestigious Fellingham Award was announced at the annual meeting of Seven Lakes West Landowners Association…
Addressing Homelessness: TambraPlace Seeking Expansion of Service
By ANA RISANOStaff Writer A nonprofit that offers shelter for young men and women while they stabilize their lives is looking to expand its operation…
Seven Lakes West: Projects Reviewed, Dues Increased at Annual Meeting
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The Seven Lakes West Landowners’ Association board presided over its annual community meeting on March 18. The annual meeting, required…
Brewing New Business: Coffee Shop Opens in Foxfire
Emilee Phillips Insider Staff Writer Foxfire Village’s first coffee shop, The Foxbrew Coffee House, is now open. Located just around the corner from the Foxfire…
Great Aspirations: One Year On, Seven Lakes Studio Crushes Goals
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The verb “aspire” means to have a purpose or goal in mind as well as to move or extend upward….
Project Barrels Ahead, Long Road to Construction
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Hundreds of orange barrels appeared last month in greater Seven Lakes, lining the N.C. 211 corridor. They herald the commencement…