Pinehurst News

Some of Moore County Schools' top students came together Tuesday to offer their perspectives on how the school system could be improved.

After day one of the NCHSAA 3-A Men's Golf Championship, contested Monday in Pinehurst at Foxfire Resort and Golf Club, Union Pines Vikings Cody Roberts and Ben Chrystler are well off the blazing pace set by D.H. Conley's Bryce Hendrix.

Popular novelist Clyde Edgerton's "Papadaddy's Book for New Fathers: Advice to Dads of All Ages" is based on what he has learned as the older father of three young children.

Public and private school state championships are Monday and Tuesday. The NCHSAA 1A finals are at Chapel Hill Country Club; 2A at Longleaf; 3A at Foxfire; and 4A at Pinehurst.

The Moore County Board of Commissioners took a significant step Tuesday toward securing a lasting water source for the county.

Up and down the state highway between Pinehurst and Seagrove, an ever-growing group of artisans spin bits of the Earth itself into works of art.

An original oil painting by renowned artist Bill Patterson, drawn live on base at Fort Bragg as part of the Pinehurst Concours Iron Mike Rally, has been auctioned for $6,000, with 100 percent of the proceeds being donated to The Patriot Foundation.

The winner from the inaugural Pinehurst Concours d'Elegance, a rare 1938 Steyr Roadster, which captured the "Best in Show" award.

Looking at the peaceful meadow of the Pinehurst Arboretum today, it is hard to imagine the gently sloped green area was ever used for anything other than lazy-day picnics, kite-flying and spontaneous Frisbee games.

Representatives of a mixed-use development proposed on Midland Road near Knoll Road are planning to bring a more traditional, community feel to their new neighborhood.

Elizabeth O'Brien, a freshman at Pinecrest and the daughter of an active duty soldier, is organizing the first MCAAP Hike 2 Help 5K, which will be held Saturday, May 18, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in Pinehurst.

The worldwide economic slowdown is signaling that Moore County, like so many other communities, regions and countries, will have to deal with a different set of problems moving forward.

Pinehurst: a quaint, charming little village deep in the bucolic Sandhills of North Carolina, avenue to the past and storehouse of America's most treasured golf memories.