Articles by Maggie Beamguard

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor As 2026 approaches, the Seven Lakes Landowners Association for the North and Southside communities is gearing up for an important…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor As the Seven Lakes West community prepares for its upcoming election cycle, several events and deadlines will guide the selection…

Contributed Residents in the greater Seven Lakes area who utilize the Eagle Springs Solid Waste Collection site are advised that the location will be closed…

BY JONATHAN BYM Staff Writer  Moore County Emergency Services has been focusing for the past several years on how to extend paramedic services to the…

BY ELENA MARSH Staff Writer The potential for future housing projects around the Seven Lakes area hasn’t ended just yet. A proposed project located on…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor It’s a rare week in Seven Lakes when there isn’t a social media post by someone looking for a package…

Contributed As the holiday season fast approaches, Seven Lakes Fire and Rescue wishes to extend glad tidings to all.  In continuation of the department’s support…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Founded in 1976, The Chapel in the Pines was the vision of Seven Lakes residents who wanted a place to…

Contributed Join the Women of Seven Lakes for one of their most popular events of the year: the 10th annual Holiday Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser. Bring…

By Laura Douglass Insider Staff Writer An artist, boutique owner, floral designer, educator and entrepreneur, Dorothy Magratten has always surrounded herself with color, beauty and…

The stands of the parade deck on Peatross Parris Island protested the collective weight of hundreds of family members and friends seated on them with…

By Frank Daniels IV Staff Writer On a stretch of N.C. 211 between Taylortown and West End, a construction project stands out because of the…

There are many opportunities in Seven Lakes and around Moore County to honor veterans of the armed forces. Annual Southern Pines Veterans Parade The annual…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor On several Longleaf Pine covered acres of land south of Jackson Springs, Dr. Pete McKay forages for the fallen branches…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The three-day harvest festival attended by the Puritan separatists of the Plymouth Colony and the Wampanoag is ripe with folklore…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Seven Lakes West residents will welcome one new face and recognize a familiar one in a new position, according to…

BY MATT LAMB Insider Staff Writer The numbers are in, and after breaking into the top 10 last year in statewide grade level proficiency (GLP),…

Contributed When the Seven Lakes Garden Club visited the Sandhills Horticultural Garden in October, members had two missions: tour the gardens and walk the inaugural…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor The Seven Lakes Stables, one of the signature amenities of Seven Lakes North and South, has been unsettled recently by…

By ELENA MARSH Staff Writer Engaged residents of Seven Lakes and Woodlake may be pleased to know that they won’t be seeing any major subdivisions…

By Maggie Beamguard At month’s end, little witches, minions and Minecraft characters will storm Baker Circle in Seven Lakes West and neighborhood streets throughout the…

By Maggie Beamguard The long road to “The Great Bright Way” includes a pit stop in Seven Lakes. Caro Daye Attayek spent childhood summers swimming…

Contributed The Women of Seven Lakes will hold a membership meeting on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 2 p.m,. at the Chapel in the Pines. Guest…

Staff Report Moore County law enforcement officials are facing yet another investigation into an attack on critical infrastructure, this time a suspended fiber optic cable…

Staff Report Update: *At 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, Spectrum technicians on the ground at the intersection of Morganton and Brucewood Road in Southern Pines told…

Staff Report Following public and political pressure earlier this week, the West End Fire and Rescue Department and the Village of Foxfire reached an agreement…

By Elena Marsh Staff Writer The Moore County Board of Commissioners decided unanimously to deny the amendment to allow developments of major subdivisions in the…

By Maggie Beamguard In this big, wide world, creatures great and small sometimes need someone willing to stick their necks out for them. Nature might…

By Maggie Beamguard The tranquil setting of Rubicon Farm, the host sight of the annual Haiti Help & Hope Fundraiser, might as well be in…

BY LAURA DOUGLASS Insider Staff Writer Tony Price and Clare Ruggles are real-world influencers making a positive impact every day in the community. The CEO…