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By MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, SLI Editor The widening of a seven-mile stretch of N.C. 211 from West End through greater Seven Lakes has been a topic…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, SLI Editor A 20-year-old tutoring program for West End students will relaunch this September following a COVID-19 hiatus. Tuesday Tutoring, a program…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, SLI Editor My youngest child just completed Driver’s Ed. Handing over the car keys to your child is a terrifying prospect for…

By MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor Seven Lakes Plaza is getting a makeover courtesy of the Seven Lakes campus of Grace Church of Southern Pines. What…

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…