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The countdown at Times Square doesn’t compare to our family New Year’s Eve tradition. At my house, we gather around a fondue pot rather than…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor A handful of misplaced phone calls guided two local businesses to marinate in a perfectly paired brine. The Pickle Place,…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The Seven Lakes West Landowners Association board is preparing for the 2025 board elections.  There will be two open seats…

Contributed The Women of Seven Lakes recently celebrated the big success of two separate events, a blood drive and pancake breakfast. The group would like…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The Seven Lakes West Board of Directors presented the proposed 2025-2026 budget at a town hall on Dec. 10  and…

Contributed The nine-hole women’s golf group, the Beaconettes, play golf on Thursday mornings from March through November at Beacon Ridge Golf Club. In December, they…

By Jonathan Bym Insider Staff Writer The Moore County Sheriff’s Office has responded to local hostage and standoff situations with as many options as the…

By MATT LAMB Insider Staff Writer After a contentious election season, the newly constituted Moore County Board of Education met for its inaugural organizational meeting…

By ANA RISANOInsider Staff Writer Broadband has been expanding quickly across parts of Moore County as utility works have been spotted threading lines underground and…

By ELENA MARSH Insider Staff Writer Preparing for the future sometimes means looking back on the past. Recently, Moore County officials have taken that lesson…

BY LAURA DOUGLASS Insider Staff Writer ‘Tis the season for joy, giving and most importantly, gratitude. For a small but growing group of women making…

Contributed Each December, the Seven Lakes Garden Club Board hosts a Holiday Tea and crafting event. The challenge this year was to create a holiday…

By ELENA MARSH Insider Staff Writer Moore County officials are backing away from their original intent of developing a future water resource on their own…

By MATT LAMB Insider Staff Writer In the spirit of the season, Ainsley Tryhane, a Union Pines High School student and Key Club treasurer, orchestrated…

Contributed The Seven Lakes Garden Club has been busy learning, planting and growing this fall.  The organization planted daffodil and grape hyacinth bulbs at West…

By ANA RISANOStaff Writer For nearly three decades, Santa’s right-hand man, Earl Wright, and his team of elves have collected bikes to give away to…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The horses at the Seven Lakes Stables have some pretty nice digs. The barn, built in the mid-1970s, is tidy…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor A new Tractor Supply Co. is taking form at a busy corner of Moore County. Several parcels of land totaling…

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

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 Jonathan Bym Staff Writer While National First Responder Day is not a widely recognized day of celebration, the Eagle Springs Fire Department broke ground…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The new year is expected to bring new road construction through greater Seven Lakes. Construction of a roughly 4.8-mile section…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor In the corner of Pinehills Veterinary Hospital waiting room, a large, mixed breed dog anticipates his turn for an exam…

BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD, Insider Editor A common November assignment given to school children throughout the 50 states invites them to write a poem or some…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The Seven Lakes Landowners Association recently released a lengthy response to accusations of alleged improprieties. The Oct. 2 e-mailed communication…

Contributed  The Seven Lakes Garden Club’s plans for Weymouth Woods Ranger Hulle Talcott to speak to the group on invasive plants were washed out recently…

BY LAURA DOUGLASS Insider Staff Writer The Alston House — better known as the House in the Horseshoe — is one of only a few…

BY LAURA DOUGLASS Insider Staff Writer Bread, a little meat and cheese, a piece of fruit: these are the basic ingredients for a simple bagged…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor West End Presbyterian Church has welcomed a familiar and friendly face to serve as its next minister. The Rev. Chip…

By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor As the magnitude of destruction created by Hurricane Helene’s rising flood waters across western North Carolina became apparent, a large-scale…