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By Maggie Beamguard  Insider Editor Anchored in the community, the Seven Lakes Insider reports on the people, places and interests of greater Seven Lakes. The…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Foundational to Seven Lakes is the pastoral setting of the red barn and stables enjoyed by drivers on Seven Lakes…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Among the modest brick office buildings on Seven Lakes Drive stands St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church. Were it not for…

Maggie Beamguard Editor, Seven Lakes Insider 2026. There it is. A new year. Six years since the pandemic. Twenty-six since Y2K. Two hundred and fifty…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor A legacy scholarship established in 2024 in memory of Seven Lakes Kiwanian Buddy Spong has been awarded to its second…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Nana’s Knuk turns two this February, and Rebecca “Nana” Hogan hopes the community will stop by to celebrate with her….

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor A decision years in the making came to pass at the Seven Lakes West Landowners Association Board of Directors meeting…

Contributed Seven Lakes Garden Club enjoyed the annual social event in December. The tea features baked treats made by the club board members and two…

Contributed Every Thursday from March through November the ladies of the Beaconettes golf group tee it up at Beacon Ridge for nine holes of competition…

Contributed When you dispose of your Christmas tree this year, the Lake Auman Sports Club (LASC) wants it to create fish habitats in Lake Auman….

By Matt Lamb Staff Writer Moore County Schools Superintendent Tim Locklair, who rose from the school system’s student body to its teaching ranks to the…

By ELENA MARSH Staff Writer The journey from novice student to trained firefighter is not an easy one. It takes hard work and more than…

Staff Report A newly proposed subdivision on Holly Grove School Road in West End is set to be heard before the Moore County Board of…

By Maggie Beamguard | Insider Editor Seven Lakes West residents welcomed the new year at the 4th annual polar plunge. Over 150 people gathered at…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor After a year without a children’s Christmas Party, Seven Lakes West saw its holiday magic return thanks to Tracy Gash…

MAGGIE BEAMGUARD / THE SEVEN LAKES INSIDER Dena Delucia, co-owner of Delucia’s Bakeshop, opened her bakery on the second night of Hanukkah, Dec. 15, for…

Contributed It has been a busy and rewarding season for the Women of Seven Lakes (WoSL). Board members — Co-Presidents Erin Marzella and Lee Williams,…

Contributed Each year when the Seven Lakes Garden Club develops the program for the year, it includes some sort of craft project. Sometimes the craft…

By ELENA MARSH Insider Staff Writer The ink on the 2025 Moore County Land Use Plan is barely dry, but county commissioners are already working…

BY FRANK DANIELS IV Staff Writer In the weeks following its early November launch, Amazon spokesperson Greg Rios said “we are still in the process…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor When Lynda “Blondie” Sylvester and her husband, Rob, retired from Michigan to Seven Lakes eight years ago, she didn’t have…