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North Carolina natives Abby and Trey Brothers are now a little over a year in renovating the Page Mansion in Aberdeen, a massive brick manor that for years has been hidden behind an [...]

Joan Scott, the former owner of The Country Bookshop, passed away in 2005 — but current employees say she still likes to hang around and make sure her standards are being upheld. According to [...]

This Halloween, we braved the cluster of distressed mothers in Walmart to see what wasn’t on trend this year. What did we learn? Big-box stores will always over-order skeleton t-shirts, and [...]

If you’ve driven through Southern Pines in the past month, you’ve probably seen the skeleton Jeep parked in the old Bo’s Food Store lot. Maybe you’ve almost caused an [...]

When Tracy Dowd moved to the area three years ago, she decided to fulfill one of her lifelong dreams and open up her new home as The Restful Rooster — a bed and breakfast. Located on U.S. Highway [...]

When Ashely and David Johnson purchased their 1910 dutch colonial in downtown Southern Pines in 2017, they embarked on a mission to restore the home to its former glory. For the past two years, [...]

If your desire to be organized is giving you serious feels, then you need this list from professional organizer Nicole Falsone-Swofford, of Complete Design Group. Read on to see six quick tips [...]

Almost two years ago, Jake Kerr loaded his U-Haul with his tools, a few duffel bags full of clothes, and about $2,000 in steel and wood, and hit the road back to Southern Pines. He was just out [...]

The symbol of the military child, dandelions bloom everywhere —and Dandelions Education Consulting and Tutoring helps military children do just that. A Military wife and mother, Lauren Yates [...]

We’ve officially reached the time of year where the office staff is growing thin — and those who are still here, we wish would just go home already. You know, be sick somewhere else. We [...]