Give Your Home Life with Bloom Once Again

Finding ways to give old pieces new life, or to make new pieces fit in old spaces, is Angie Clark’s forte. She began her business with a booth inside Design Market on N.C. 5, where she [...]

Sanford’s Sips & Sequels Lets You Read Between the Wines

Read Between the Wines A business Amy Truckner started at pop-up markets a little over a year ago has evolved into a full bookstore/bottle shop/bar. “My friends are all book and beer kinda [...]

After Swift’s Engagement Ring, WhitLauter Talks Diamonds

Make The Whole Place Shimmer Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard the news Taylor Swift is engaged to Travis Kelce  and the ring is nothing short of enchanted. [...]

Sit! Happened: Local Makes Cheeky Ball Markers

BY JOSH MARKOTICH || SWAY INTERN Sit! Happened Afternoons spent at Pinehurst Resort’s Thistle Dhu and playing friendly rounds with family led local business owner Carrie Foster to [...]

DTSP Noodle Bar to Reopen as The Lotus

Lotus Dig In You may have noticed that Banh-Sen Noodle Bar in DTSP has been closed, but it is reopening as The Lotus this coming Tuesday, Sept. 2. Owners Keena Kham and Vivi Vonghom are keeping [...]

Gym Better with Gym Better

No Train, No Gain The Waterworks building, across from Reservoir Park, is once again occupied by a new gym / physical fitness center. Owned by Taylor Mashburn and Rimvydas Sunelaitis (Remi for [...]

Thistle & Moon Sets Final Day

Craft Your Farewells  Thistle & Moon’s last day has been set. It will be closing its doors Saturday, Aug. 30. Owner Mary Furby announced back in July that she would be [...]

New Gas Station Fills Up Corner of Youngs Rd. and U.S. 1

Gas It Up At last! We have a gas station between Vass and Southern Pines for those of us who let our tanks ride on empty a little too often and fall victim to the “I’ll just fill [...]

Retail Ready: Imperative Shop Opens in Aberdeen

If You’re Literally Just a Girl Downtown Aberdeen officially has a women’s boutique open for business, Imperative Shop at 103 B West Main Street. In the shop you’ll find a [...]

Troll Door in Southern Pines Still a Mystery

We’re Not Trolling You Driving into Southern Pines, you may have noticed a tree with a tiny troll-sized door wedged into a tree in front of Jay’s Food Mart and gas [...]