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By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Two years ago, Andrew McPartland was launching a rocket into the Alabama sky as part of NASA’s University Student Launch…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Seven Lakes West volunteers were celebrated April 28 during a community appreciation event in the Great Room of the Seven…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Blueberry season officially returns to Eagle’s Nest Berry Farm on June 6 with music, games and a community celebration. Even…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Seven Lakes Stables will offer a summer of unbridled fun with a full calendar of events for the warmer days…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor As America gets ready to observe its 250th year of independence this summer, Seven Lakes communities plan to celebrate with…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor For decades, springtime at West End Elementary school has been accompanied by the sound of hammers tapping cedar birdhouses together….

Contributed A Pinecrest High School student has been named the recipient of the 11th annual Seven Lakes Family Dentistry Scholarship. Senior Kate Grantham will receive…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Construction on the long-awaited expansion of N.C. 211 is moving steadily forward with crews working their way from Seven Lakes…

Contributed The eighteenth annual Lake Auman Sports Club’s Spring Team Bass Tournament took place on Saturday, May 16 on Lake Auman. Thirty-one anglers made up…

BY ANA RISANOStaff Writer Few things have been more cyclical in discussion than the Pinehurst Traffic Circle, with an ongoing debate between state transportation officials…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The Seven Lakes Landowners Association is making progress on several major infrastructure and recreation projects.  The most significant milestone is…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor If monuments are supposed to be fixed in one place, then Jackson Springs Presbyterian Church has an abundance of them….

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor When Old Glory starts to fade, it’s time for a dignified retirement. Residents across Moore County have a year-round option…

BY ANA RISANOStaff Writer The U.S. Census Bureau’s latest estimates show slower growth across a majority of the nation’s counties, yet Moore continues to experience…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor In Holly Cirillo’s third grade classroom at West End Elementary, mistakes are embraced. “Accidents,” she tells her students, “are proof…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor On a muggy summer morning in West End, cicadas hum and children move between reading groups, garden beds and a…

By Emilee Phillips Staff Writer A murder is afoot in the parking lot of Carolinas Golf Association — that is, a “murder” of crows, the…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor In the field, the pair of dogs move identically. They hop down from the truck with the same burst of…

By ELENA MARSH Staff Writer Moore County’s three major public high schools are all slated to receive $600,000 for capital athletic improvements following campaigning and…

By ELENA MARSH Staff Writer The Moore County Airport has almost $30 million worth of capital projects it hopes to complete by 2029. At the…

BY ANA RISANOStaff Writer Pristine forests of longleaf pines, the winding path of Drowning Creek and a deteriorating family home grace the hundreds of acres…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Biscuits and gravy are served all day at 7 Lakes Cafe, and the coffee flows freely. Just weeks ago, this…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The Seven Lakes Landowner’s Association presented a comprehensive overview of community operations, infrastructure projects, financial planning and association priorities during…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The ninth decade of life, for most, would be a season to slow down and take things easy. Pinehurst resident…

By Elena Marsh Staff Writer Over the next few weeks, the Moore County Board of Commissioners is set to dig further into its development ordinances…

Contributed The Women of Seven Lakes will hold its annual membership Meeting on Thursday, May 7 at 2 p.m. at Chapel in the Pines. During…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Many small towns would be lucky to have one locally owned pharmacy. Seven Lakes boasts two. A stone’s throw from…

Contributed The use of ornamental grass in landscapes is popular in the Sandhills. Grasses are easy to grow, and deer tend to stay away from…

BY ELENA MARSH Staff Writer Moore County is set to join The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in its statewide project connecting young…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor Dewey Garner, of Jackson Springs, once peddled vegetables from a cart to support his wife, Mamie, and their nine children….