Monkee’s on the Move

Monkee’s of the Pines is swinging its Southern Pines location over to a new storefront at 162 NW Broad St., the former home of Mockingbird on Broad. The current location is right down the [...]

Aberdeen Locals Add Eggcellent Farmstand to Area

The Cluck Stops Here  This summer, twin sisters and Aberdeen neighbors Michelle Barnes and Amy Ference decided to sell extra produce from their gardens and eggs collected from their 15 [...]

Weymouth Woods Could Expand

We Wish You Wood Oh wait — they are. The NC Division of Parks and Recreation recently received $3.25 million from the North Carolina Land and Water Fund to expand Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature [...]

A Concrete Opening for Goodberry’s in the Pines

Get Some of That Good-Good Goodberry’s, that is. The local location for this NC-based frozen custard shop officially opens at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19 in the Target shopping center. This is [...]

More to Cone: Handel’s Ice Cream

Get a Handle on Handel’s Southern Pines is gaining another ice cream chain, called Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream, in the Lowes Foods shopping plaza near Brooklyn Pickle. This location [...]

Stay Ballin’: New Pickleball Courts in the Works

Did Someone Order a Side of Pickle? Pickleball, that is. There are two new pickleball courts being added to Carthage’s Nancy Kiser Park. The park’s current tennis-only courts [...]

Purrrfect Custom Pet Portraits

Purrfect Portraits  Meet Avery Ferree, an artist and animal lover who also works at Kitten Around Cat Lounge. Avery has been an artist as long as she can remember, more recently perfecting [...]

Veterans Day Weekend in the Pines

Veterans Day in the Pines 2024 List

A Club for Introverts: Silent Book Club

Shhhhhhh A club with dedicated quiet time may sound counterproductive, but for Silent Book Club it’s the norm. Silent Book Club is a global organization with more than 1,000 [...]

Time to Raise the Roof

A local group that has been working to help areas hit by Helene has just received nonprofit status, and is planning its first community project on Saturday, Nov. 9. Squared Away Response, [...]