These Outfitters Have Gear That’ll Float Your Boat

When it’s hot, there’s nothing like the slightly cooler breeze you get while slapping the water with a fiberglass stick. For those whose idea of a day [...]

Artist Displays ‘100 Faces of COVID’ at Twigg & Co.

At the beginning of the pandemic, local artist Paula Womack picked up a paintbrush and set an intention to use her time in quarantine to expand her artistic horizons. From March until May, [...]

Flood of Interest Prompts Homeschool Info Session

As uncertainties about the new school year continue to rise, Encore Performing Arts Center owner Sarah Lankford has been getting questions. With a master’s degree in education and years of [...]

Creep on Someone Else’s Closet … for a Good Cause

What’s a vintage-loving fashionista do with a closet full of clothes and nowhere to go? She puts her wardrobe up for a contactless charity sale. Shera Collins (organizer of last [...]

Sanitarium to School: What’s Behind This Old Sign in West Southern Pines

A Sway reader spotted this brick archway, which reads R.C. Lawson Institute, on an afternoon walk through her West Southern Pines neighborhood. Located on New York Avenue, across the street from [...]

Sonia’s Bilingual Kitchen: Cooking with a Message

Sonia Middleton began sharing her love for cooking by holding classes in her kitchen during the summer for her children and their friends. Those summer memories have since flourished into [...]

From Camps to Rec Leagues, Liberty Soccer Academy Focuses on the Whole Player

Liberty Soccer Academy is a name new to the Sandhills, but founder Andrew Bradham has more than a decade of experience creating and perfecting entry-level, developmental and [...]

You Could Own a 34-Acre Farm Kingdom In Carthage

We’re having a hard time finding a box that this 34-acre farm located at 185 Blue Siding Rd. in Carthage doesn’t check. If there’s any time to consider investing in your own [...]

Taylortown to Get Standalone Starbucks

Next year, Taylortown will have a Starbucks across from another Starbucks. The company is building a 3,000-square-foot location at the PineCroft shopping center on N.C. 211, which [...]

What Does Domestic Violence Look Like? Here are the Warning Signs.

Domestic violence has been dramatized in everything from after-school specials to TV movies. But what does it look like in real life? Kaylee Myers, resource coordinator of the Hoke County [...]