Breaking Mews: New Pet Store in DTSP

A pet boutique has put its paws on the second storefront in The Princess Theatre, at 143 NE Broad St. in downtown Southern Pines. Moore County native Gracie Scarboro opened Urban Pet Co. [...]

Clock in at Meet On May, a New Co-working Space

Time to Clock In Meet on May co-working space, by Ameeta Swaby and Sanna Nassar, is officially open at 220 Springwood Way, Southern Pines, with a variety of package options for members. [...]

Say Hay to The Barn, Reimagined

Back to the Barn(yard) Ultra townies may remember The Barn, which operated as a fine dining steakhouse for years. After sitting empty for over a decade, it is finally getting a revamp from Reno [...]

On Pace to Start Local Chapter of “Girls on the Run”

Who Run the World?  Girls. Megan Falk and Eryn Irrera are fundraising to bring a chapter of the international organization “Girls on the Run” to the Sandhills. The org is an [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

New Studio Space Captures Big Picture

She’s Got a Blank Space, Baby And she’ll write your name — in the books for Studio Violet, her new rentable studio space in downtown Aberdeen. Photographer Melissa Ollison, [...]