Articles by Maggie Beamguard

BY MARY KATE MURPHY, Staff Writer Moore County Schools is now prepared to start using updated social studies standards for elementary and middle schools that…

BY LAURA DOUGLASS, Staff Writer Bobby Teague is partial to green, “meadow green” to be more specific. Standing next to his grass-colored 1952 Ford F1…

STAFF REPORT Bigger and more exciting than before, the third annual Cruisin’ the Park car show presented by the Friends of Aberdeen Library, and chaired…

By JAYMIE BAXLEY, Staff Writer  Screams of joy reverberated through a West End couple’s home after they learned they had won a large prize playing…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, SLI Editor About once a quarter, Seven Lakes business owners roll up their sleeves and take to the pavement, patching the potholes…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, SLI Editor You’ve got to have the right ears to pick out fruit. Ears like 13-year-old Tryston Cummings. Tyrston has a natural…

By Maggie Beamguard, Insider Editor When students return to West End Elementary school later this month, they will be greeted by their new principal, Katie…

Contributed The N. C. Division of Motor Vehicles continues to implement projects to improve customer service, the latest being its “Q-Anywhere” project. Q-Anywhere allows customers…

By Maggie Beamguard, Insider Editor Seven Lakes North and South residents have a new security service. At a special board meeting at the end of…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, Insider Editor Moore County Sheriff’s deputy Monique DiLorenzo, who regularly works the Seven Lakes area, led a community meeting in June about…

Contributed The first meeting of the 2022-2023 membership year of Women of Seven Lakes will be held Thursday, Sept. 1, at The Chapel in the…

The North Carolina Swimming Open Water Swim State Championships, hosted by the Sandhills Sandsharks Swim Team, was held at Lake Echo, in Seven Lakes North,…

By Neil Copeland Special to The Insider So many trainers use “down” as a behavior to use with commands and luring with food. Yes, food…

Contributed A stay-at-home mom, military wife and cosmetologist are the backgrounds among current Medical Assisting program students at Sandhills Community College. According to the U.S….

Contributed On Saturday, October 1, Moore County and surrounding area residents will join the fight to end Alzheimer’s disease at the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, Insider Editor A local organization is planning an end-of–summer, fun-filled family afternoon to benefit Haiti. Haiti Help and Hope will host its…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, Insider Editor About the time I was sending the pecan pie down the table to my brother-in-law last Christmas Day, NASA mission…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, Insider Editor A staple of most resort communities is the golf cart, and Seven Lakes North, South and West have their share….

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, Insider Editor Call it a semicentennial, a quinquagenary, a jubilee, or simply golden — the greater Seven Lakes community turns 50 in…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, Insider Editor A tour of local gardens sponsored by the Seven Lakes Garden Club on June 11 was a treat for all…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, Insider Editor The Kiwanis Club of Seven Lakes recently presented two annual scholarships at its awards banquet on June 2. New Union…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, Insider Editor Elizabeth Nix was just 12 when she began to feel the call to educational ministry. It was a calling that…

BY LAURA DOUGLASS, Staff Writer Only 2 percent of the nation’s population may claim the honor of being an Eagle Scout. Three young men from…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor A veritable platoon of purple flags waved along Seven Lakes Drive in advance of the longest day of the year….

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, Insider Editor One sailing class on Lake Auman years ago put the wind in Yvonne Short’s sails. That class would one day…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, Insider Editor There was a special delivery at Seven Lakes Fire and Rescue in late May. It wasn’t an emergency birth of…

CONTRIBUTED Picture taken at The Bradshaw Performing Arts Center:(l-r seated) Mary Lou Seigfried Wynne Wroblesky; Lynne Palamara; Sue Case(back row l-r) Alexis Payton, current NYC…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD | Insider Editor A fun day on the lake starts with a safe boat launch. Boating safety is something Andy Miller, a…