Mockingbird Says Goodbye

Bye, Bye, Birdie  Beloved downtown Southern Pines gift shop Mockingbird on Broad is closing after 15 years. When she announced the closure in a video last week, owner Sundi McLaughlin said [...]

Stay on Track: Fun Runs in NC

We know it’s hard to keep those resolutions going strong. So we made a list with fun runs in NC (roughly within 3 hours away tops) for each month of the year. Here’s the list of fun [...]

Set Sail for Patient-Centric Care at Thrive Clinics

If you’re tired of navigating a disjointed course of healthcare providers, all of whom seem to live on different islands, set a course for Thrive Clinics — a land where primary care, [...]

Chain Steaks Out New Location

Recent Appalachian State grad William Clark started working as a dishwasher at New York Butcher Shoppe in 2019, and soon worked his way up to prep cook. His newest title is owner of a [...]

Goodbye 2024: New Year Celebrations in the Sandhills

Monday, Dec. 30, 6:30-10:30 p.m.: Make a 2025 vision board during a workshop with Creative Resilience Studio & Gallery in Southern Pines. Cost is $50, set your intentions, visualize your [...]

Stir Up Your Day with Spoon Rings

If Ya Like It Then You Should’ve Made a Ring Of It Sid’s Spoons has jewelry sure to stir up your day. Sidney Reser is a military spouse who makes spoon rings. Yes, as in rings made from [...]

The Sway’s Eggcellent 2024 Cookie Contest Winner

Nog, Nog, Noggin on Heaven’s Door Congrats to Aleisha B., this year’s winner of The Sway’s cookie contest and a $75 gift card from Against the Grain Shoppe. Her eggsquisite [...]

New Concept for The Buggy Factory

The New Concept is Here Beer The Buggy Factory by Southern Pines Brewing Co. is officially reopening this Friday, Dec. 20 with a revamped concept — being a brewery first with food [...]

A First Look at the Newest Bennett Street Proposal

Welcome to New York Here’s the rendering for New York Place, the four-story development proposed for the kudzu-covered corner of South Bennett Street and New York Avenue, near Southern [...]

The Corner Collective Co-working Opens

Desk for Success Spreadsheet the word, another new co-working space has entered the building — what’s been dubbed The Broads building, that is. The Corner Collective, at 290 SW Broad St. in [...]