New SCC Scholarship Honors Buddy Spong
BY LAURA DOUGLASS Staff Writer The Seven Lakes Kiwanis Club is raising funds for a new scholarship named in honor of Buddy Spong that will…
Articles by Maggie Beamguard
‘We Felt at Home’ West End Residents Remember Former Black School
By ANA RISANOInsider Staff Writer A white clapboard school with four classrooms and a wood-burning pot-bellied stove used to sit off N.C. 211, where West…
Moore County Schools Locklair to Lead for Four More Years
By MATT LAMB Staff Writer Following a recent contract extension approved by the Board of Education, Moore County’s homegrown superintendent, Tim Locklair, has been tapped…
DeLucia’s Bake Shop Serves up a Celebration
By Maggie Beamguard Dena DeLucia and Chelsea Huggins, co-owners of DeLucia’s Bake Shop in Seven Lakes, hosted customers for a “Birthday Party for America” on…
SLLA Debris Site Set to Reopen
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The community yard debris site in Seven Lakes North will be ready to receive piles of pinecones, brush and other…
Owner Finds His Mojo in the Dojo
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor In an unassuming brick storefront in Seven Lakes, Francisco Tapia stood sure and barefooted on the mat in the karate…
DOT Getting Geared Up for 211 Work
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor For the first part of June, all eyes were on Pinehurst as golf legends and their fans flocked to No….
Garden Tour Shows Its Blooms
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Everything was in glorious flower for the 2024 Seven Lakes Garden Club garden tour. Garden club volunteers and gracious gardeners…
Dog Days and Foul Women
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor They’ve arrived – the dog days of summer. What a phrase. It conjures in my mind an image of a…
SLW Board Rejects Merger of Addresses
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Following a period of study that included a survey of Seven Lakes West residents, the Seven Lakes West Board of…
County Says Farewell To Five Retirees
BY ELENA MARSH Insider Staff Writer Over the course of this year, county officials and staff are saying goodbye and “happy retirement” to not one…
Rocket Team Soars in Competition
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Andrew McPartland and his teammates at UNC-Charlotte waited two months to learn the final results of the 2024 NASA University…
Chris Helmer Wins Bass Tournament
Contributed This year’s annual Lake Auman Sports Club’s Spring Team Bass Tournament took place on Saturday, May 18, 2024 on Lake Auman. Twenty-five anglers made…
Moore County Business Honored at North Carolina 4-H Alumni Awards
Contributed The Moore County Farm Bureau was honored Saturday, April 27, at the North Carolina 4-H Alumni Awards at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh. Moore…
Local Faith Leader Delivers Aid, Comfort to Ukraine
BY MATT LAMB Insider Staff Writer Rev. Rod Stone, a man of faith and action from Community Presbyterian Church in Pinehurst, recently concluded a two-week…
‘Harmonized Heritage’ Exhibition Opens at Starworks
Contributed Ceramic artists Ariana Stein and Andrew Tran will display their new exhibition, “Harmonized Heritage,” at Starworks through July 20, with selected works available for…
NCDMV Unveils State’s Most Secure Licenses, IDs
Contributed The state’s Division of Motor Vehicles has announced it will begin issuing new driver licenses, permits and identification cards featuring the latest in card…
West End Firm Digs into Landscape
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor A sign announcing “fresh eggs” along the roadside of N.C. 211 brings curious drivers and potential clients into Jeremy Rust’s…
Fire Safety Starts at Home
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor A garage fire in March on Pinecone Court in Seven Lakes North provides an opportunity to raise awareness about a…
Garden Club Visits McLean House Healing Garden
Contributed The Seven Lakes Garden Club made a visit to the Clara McLean House Healing Garden in May. Hostess Lynda Acker co-designed the garden. Her…
Women of Seven Lakes Installs New Board Members
Contributed On Thursday, May 2, the Women of Seven Lakes held their last membership meeting of the 2023/2024 season. At the meeting the 2024/2025 board…
Summer Reading Program to Begin Third Year
Contributed The West End United Methodist Church summer reading program, now in its third year, continues to address the ongoing challenge of post-COVID learning loss…
Local Aeromodelers Take to the Skies
BY LAURA DOUGLASS Insider Staff Writer Accelerating swiftly, the plane hits cruising speed overhead as all eyes turn skyward to track its path. The biplane…
Get Nostalgic at Nanas
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Thoughts of visiting Nana’s house evoke nostalgia for things of old: tins full of cookies or sewing supplies, cross-stitched pillows,…
SLLA Debris Site Closed For Now
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Residents of Seven Lakes North and South are currently without a convenient place to dispose of their yard debris. The…
Weaver Welcomes the Privilege to Serve
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor When it comes to calling God’s people to serve, the immutable, infinite and eternal One — the Alpha and Omega…
SLW Photographer Launches Online Gallery
Contributed A new online gallery and store for fine art photography has launched, offering customers a curated selection of stunning images from local photographer Larry…
Meals on Wheels Expands to West End, Seven Lakes
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Meals on Wheels of the Sandhills is celebrating its 50th year serving Moore County under the leadership of its new…
Are You My Mother?
Maggie Beamguard, Insider Editor May brings us Mother’s Day and maybe some mixed feelings. Not every mother is June Cleaver, after all. Some wield their…
Garden Club Exchanges Plants, Talks Beeswax
Contributed Spring is a season for planting and adjusting the garden. The Seven Lakes Garden Club takes advantage of this special season to share plants…