On the Run With Dad: Father and Daughter Team Up for Fitness Challenge
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor When it comes to father and daughter bonding, Jared and Lia Fravel have found physical activity to be their special…
Articles by Maggie Beamguard
Bigger, Better: Organizers Ready Annual Alzheimer’s Fundraiser
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor As the days lengthen, one of the biggest community-wide events in Seven Lakes approaches. The Longest Day, an annual, national…
Passion for Dogs Sparks Kennel Owner
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor If you’re going to run with the big dogs, you’ve got to wake up early. For Neil Copeland, owner of…
SLW Mailhouse Expansion Delayed
BY JOHN NAGY Insider Staff Writer A planned expansion of the Seven Lakes West mailhouse has been delayed indefinitely after the property association’s Board of…
Seven Lakes Chiropractor Relocates, Adds Services
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor After 10 years providing adjustments and medical care in Seven Lakes, Dr. Sharon Wright, of Wright Chiropractic Clinic, will begin…
Dog Owners Face Choices for Training
BY NEIL COPELAND Special to The Insider Pet obedience training has become one of the top trades that people give a try. A common practice…
Seven Lake Dentistry Awards Annual Scholarships
Contributed A Pinecrest High School student has been named the winner of the eighth annual Seven Lakes Family Dentistry Scholarship. Gabriel Richmond, a senior at…
SLW Board Adds 3 New Members
BY JOHN NAGY Insider Staff Writer The Seven Lakes West Landowners Association’s Board of Directors has appointed three residents to fill vacancies left following unexpected…
‘Bucket Brigade’ Continues Stocking Project
Contributed Lake Auman recently became the new home of over 8,500 two- to four-inch bluegill and red ear sunfish and more than 3,500 threadfin shad…
Seven Lakes Garden Club Tours Magnolia Lane Farms
Contributed Forty-five Seven Lakes Garden Club members recently visited Magnolia Lane Farms to learn about the products offered at this nearby acreage: self-pick blueberries, raw…
Schools Study Options for Crowding at High Schools
BY MARY KATE MURPHYStaff Writer The Moore County Board of Education is starting to plan for a new round of school construction that addresses crowding…
Seven Lakes Kiwanians Assist on Birdhouse Build
Contributed The annual Bluebird House Build project happened on Tuesday, April 18, at West End Elementary School. Bill Pratt led the project again this year. …
Schools Name Teacher, Principal of the Year
STAFF REP0RT It was a clean sweep by Carthage Elementary School this year for two of the most prized honors delivered by Moore County Schools….
Richard M. Johnson
Richard Melvin Johnson, 93, of West End, passed Wednesday, May, 17 2023 at Dahlia Gardens Center for Nursing and Rehab, in Aberdeen. A graveside service…
Nora S. Garris
Nora Sellars Garris, 88, of West End, passed away Thursday, May 18, 2023, at Pinehurst Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Pinehurst. She was born May…
Sally R. Bagdan
Sally Doris Reid Bagdan, 93, of Seven Lakes, died Monday, May 15, 2023. Sally was born Aug. 6, 1929, in Jersey City, N.J., to the…
School District Names New Principals, Re-Titles Senior Staff
BY MARY KATE MURPHYStaff Writer The Moore County Board of Education has approved a new round of school principal promotions and hires for the start…
‘One of Our Own:’ For SCC, A Leader
BY MARY KATE MURPHY Staff Writer When Sandhills Community College’s Board of Trustees set out to hire a new president, they cast a nationwide net…
One Moment Contains Multitudes
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Graduation season has arrived. I’ve attended a few commencement ceremonies through the years — my sisters’, a few friends’, my…
Not Your Typical Neighborhood Watch
BY GAIL SUMMERS Special to The Insider The Seven Lakes North and South National Neighborhood Watch Program is about to celebrate its first anniversary. Despite…
Plumbing Contractor Opens New Division in Seven Lakes
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Seven Lakes is home to a new showroom for Premier Gasworks, a division of Premier Plumbing and Repair. Indoor and…
Church to Host Summer Reading Program
Contributed West End United Methodist Church will again be providing a summer reading program following its successful first year in 2022. “Fun in the Son”…
County Continues Hearing on Freight Terminal Text Amendment
By ANA RISANO Staff Writer The operator of a dormant Seven Lakes rail freight yard that used to handle construction materials wants to re-open the…
A Carp’s Dream: New Fish to Control Lake’s Vegetation
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor Lake Auman recently became home to some 700 new aquatic residents. The Seven Lakes West Lake Committee stocked the lake…
The People’s Table: Church Wants Community to Break Bread
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor Imagine a table where firefighters and police, teachers and nurses, professionals and the unemployed, widows and widowers, retirees, single parents…
An Open House for a New Greenhouse
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor Frequent travelers along the N.C. 211 corridor through Seven Lakes have had cause over recent years to measure with their…
Erica Hammond: West End Elementary Teacher of Year
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor West End Elementary School announced fourth grade teacher Erica Hammond as this year’s Teacher of the Year. Teachers of the…
Board Undertakes Evaluation of Schools
BY MARY KATE MURPHYStaff Writer The Moore County Board of Education has multifaceted goals for improving its campuses around the county in the coming years:…
Leadership in Flux: SLW Board Members Resign
BY JOHN NAGY Insider Staff Writer Three members of the Seven Lakes West Board of Directors, including the president, resigned unexpectedly last month amid ongoing…
Women of Seven Lakes to Install New Officers at May Meeting
Contributed The Women of Seven Lakes will hold their May Membership Meeting on Thursday, May 4 at 2 p.m. at The Chapel in the Pines. …