This Local Business Owner is Now a Professional Bodybuilder

While we spent the past six months attempting to dig ourselves out of our own hermit holes, Clean Eatz co-owner Leslie Weaver was making gains, counting calories, sticking to a rigid gym schedule [...]

How Vendor Marketplaces Have Become a ‘Thing’ in the Pines

You know that the days of strapping on an oxygen mask for the quest of finding your newest Abercrombie & Fitch baby tee are long gone. In its place? Digging out your reusable shopping [...]

New Indo-Fusion Restaurant Now Open in Southern Pines

With a menu that celebrates both OG Indian cuisine and remixed dishes, the new Indo-fusion restaurant in Southern Pines is aiming to go where no-Bodhi has gone before. BODHIS Indian [...]

Tanglewood Farm: A Cubicle Dream-Turned B&B-Reality

In 2012, Lindsay O’Reilly was working as a CPA in Florida dreaming of life outside of the cubicle. She felt as if life was passing her by and wanted to be spending her time doing something more [...]

Marie & Marcele Toasts to 10 Years of Business in Southern Pines

Ten years ago, Crystal Eads-Brown and her mother-turned-biz partner, April Nayman came across a “for rent” sign in a storefront window on W. Pennsylvania Ave. in Southern Pines. With [...]

Local Nonprofit Aims to Teach Kids Responsibility Through Horsemanship

Alexa, play Old Town Road because a local nonprofit wants to fling the barn door wide open for kids across Moore County who don’t currently have access to horses in the [...]

Sunrise Theater’s Private Loft Now Available for Booking

The Sunrise Theater is now booking a private loft for your next party of 20-25 guests — including a 20-foot big screen surrounded by comfy couches and a dining room and concessions area with the [...]

This App is an Airbnb for Pools

You can now rent your pool to the masses — or get all the benefits with none of the maintenance by using a stranger’s pool when the mood strikes, thanks to an app [...]

Kay’s Fashion Boutique Serves Up Lewks in Every Size

With more than 800 pieces in sizes S-3X along with candles and accessories, Keiomi “Kay” McDonald has stocked her first brick and mortar shop — Kay’s Fashion Boutique — with something [...]

Pollywog’s Play Pad Reopens with New Owner, New Location

If you’ve spent the past year and a half mourning the loss of Pollywog’s Play Pad, chin up, buttercup. With a new owner and new location at 155 Hall Avenue in Southern Pines (beside [...]