Development on Morganton Road: Construction Continues, Businesses Prepare to Open
By ANA RISANO Staff Writer 2024 is likely to be a significant one for Southern Pines as change continues to come to Morganton Road with…
Features
2023 Year in Review: Seven Stories for Seven Lakes
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The stories a community creates defines its character. The stories the Seven Lakes Insider covered in 2023 reveal an evolving…
Garden Club Celebrates with Fellowship, Giving
Contributed Each year, the Seven Lakes Garden Club hosts a member event. The event features tea and baked goodies provided by the Board. Attendees bring…
Beaconettes Celebrate Winning Season
Contributed On Thursday, Dec. 7, the Beacon Ridge Nine Hole Ladies League, the Beaconettes, celebrated their winning season with an awards luncheon at the Seven…
Weekly Veterans Discussion Program Underway
Contributed A weekly group for veterans has begun meeting every Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. at the Moore County Senior Enrichment center. This group meeting is…
Polar Plunge Attracts More Bears
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD SLI Editor On the first day of 2024, around 150 participants and spectators gathered at Johnson Point in Seven Lakes West for…
New Owners Reopen Carolina Car Care
By Maggie BeamguardInsider Editor When Carolina Car Care closed in August, car owners around greater Seven Lakes were left idling in neutral. But not for…
Seven Lakes Rallies Around Victim of House Fire
BY ELENA MARSH || Staff Writer The Seven Lakes West community is coming together to provide some much needed support after a fire destroyed the…
Make Fish Happy, Recycle Christmas Trees
Contributed When you dispose of your Christmas tree this year, the Lake Auman Sports Club (LASC) wants to use it to create a fish habitat…
Santa in the Neighborhood: Local Fire and Rescue Departments Team up to Bring Cheer
Seven Lakes Fire and Rescue and West End Fire and Rescue are partnering to take Santa on a ride through the Seven Lakes and West…
Lighting up Seven Lakes: Bright Ideas Lead to New Use for Old Things
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor Inspiration can come from the most ordinary things. Before Paul Lear moved to the Sandhills from Vermont, it was a…
Greater Seven Lakes Council Already at Work
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARDInsider Editor The Greater Seven Lakes Council continues to prioritize the shared interests of the three main gated communities of West End and…
Thinking It All Through: At Two Moore Farms, the Healing Nature of Nature
BY ELENA MARSH Insider Staff Writer Every morning on The Slow Farm, farmer Rachel Herrick gets up with the sun — and so do her…
There’s a New Home for This Casa
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor There is never a bad time for tacos, the most popular dish on the menu at Casa Santa Ana in…
Seven Lakes Sights: Veterans Honored for Service and Sacrifice
The Vietnam Veterans of America, Moore County Chapter 966 held their annual Field of Honor Ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 5th at the West End Fire…
In McLendon Hills, An Offer They Couldn’t Refuse
By Maggie Beamguard and Abbi Overfelt Seven Lakes Insider The normally tranquil neighborhood of McLendon Hills was recently overrun by mobsters. They were there for…
Center Returns to Full Trot
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor It has been a season of transition for the Seven Lakes Equestrian Center, the iconic amenity owned by the Seven…
Manners and Memories Come From Our Childhood Tables
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor During my childhood, we ate our family meals around a picnic table set up in the kitchen along a double…
After 30 Years on Tour, Rocker Settles in Pines
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor When you’ve spent a lifetime performing around the world in famous venues — from the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles…
Kiwanis Club Returns with Pancake Fundraiser
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor Kiwanis Club of Seven Lakes members fired up their griddles for their Pancake Breakfast on Sept. 30 for the first…
Local Swimmer Makes a Splash with Fundraiser
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor When Sandy and Keith Golding were searching for a place to retire, they had one critical element in mind: pristine…
Harvest Festival Marks a Fruitful Ministry
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The fruits of the harvest as well as the spirit were celebrated at West End United Methodist Church’s first Harvest…
Bud, Liz Sales Celebrate 60 Years
BY MAGGIE BEAMGUARD Insider Editor Bud and Liz Sales met on Dec. 31 in 1962 on a New Year’s Eve blind date at the Naval…
Garden Club Learns About Forest Bathing
Contributed Seven Lakes Garden Club recently hosted speaker Lara Beth Jones, a certified forest therapist, to learn about “forest bathing.” Jones said the term is…
Residents Oppose Group Home
BY ELENA MARSH Staff Writer UPDATE: Following the Moore County Planning Board meeting, the applicant withdrew the rezoning request. A proposal to rezone land that…
Family Tree Fills in After 7 Decades: Long-Lost Siblings Reunited at Last
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor In 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower became the 34th U.S. president, Eliabeth II of England received her crown, a dozen eggs…
At Home Among the Trees: For Kimberly Rust, A Blazing Career
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor When it comes to picking a vocation, some people are drawn to careers in the great indoors. Others seek their…
New Look Shows Pride in Seven Lakes
Every now and then, it’s good to freshen up our lives. Maybe we treat ourselves with a new haircut or outfit; our homes with some…
From West End, Auman Delivered Summer’s Sweetness
BY JOHN NAGY Insider Staff Writer Clyde Watts Auman, who followed in his father’s footsteps as one of Moore County’s premier peach growers, passed away…
DOT Nears End of Clearing for 211 Project
By Maggie Beamguard Insider Editor The N.C. Department of Transportation’s project to widen N.C. 211 through West End and Seven Lakes from two to four…