Pugs and Kisses: Send a Valentine to a Shelter

Call it Puppy Love Don’t have a Valentine? Make a dog, cat or injured hawk your valentine instead. Consider spending money on something heart-shaped that you can donate to a local [...]

Groundhog(s) Day With Slow Farm

We figured Moore County needed a Groundhog Day forecast of its own but alas we could not get our hands on a groundhog. So we present to you, the next best thing — ground … hogs. We made two [...]

What To Do About Litter

Don’t Be Down in the Dumps Some readers have been complaining trash being in the roads. We get it, it’s ugly. And people who litter are, well, trash. Most of us have no idea what [...]

The Wonderwall-a-thon at Casino Guitars

Today Is Gonna Be The Day Casino’s Gonna Throw it Back to You. Casino Guitars wanted to do a fun giveaway and came up with the “wonderwallathon.” Whoever played the song [...]

The Hallmark Movie You Didn’t Know You Needed

News of all these proposed commercial developments in Southern Pines have us rushing straight to the Facebook comments after every town meeting. While our crystal ball isn’t revealing any [...]

Not Your Mom’s Holiday Movie List

You might not look forward to Christmas music or the annual influx of red and green, but don’t be a Scrooge or a cotton-headed ninny muggins — settle in for movies that will scratch that [...]

Harbour Place Mural Complete

Can You Paint With All The Colors of the Wind? Artist Nick Napoletano can — especially after spending 12 days installing a mural on the side of Harbour Place in downtown [...]

Fall Date Ideas for You and Your Boo

The weather is presumably nicer and there’s activities all around leaving you no excuse to not get out and about. And no, all the fall weddings don’t count. 1. Embark on a journey [...]

SwayTake: My Attic Went Batshit 

Technically, it’s guano. As my A/C contractor was finishing up a repair late last week, he asked me if I wanted to see something “cool” in my attic. Spoiler: it wasn’t the [...]

#SwaySix: Longleaf Pine, Damn You Fine

Just like the weeds in our front yard, the Longleaf Pine is known for thriving in sandy environments. But how much do you know about the Land of the Pines? Here are some things to help branch out [...]