Videos
Dancing with the Sandhills Stars 2012
Local "celebrities" entertained and danced the night away Jan. 29 at the Carolina Hotel for the Dancing with the Sandhills Stars fundraiser, which raised more than $80,000 for Communities in Schools of Moore County and Moore Buddies. Beth Cirigliano and Billie Ertter won the competition.
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Dancing with the Sandhills Stars 2012
February 2, 2012
Dancing with the Sandhills Stars 2012
Local "celebrities" entertained and danced the night away Jan. 29 at the Carolina Hotel for the Dancing with the Sandhills Stars fundraiser, which raised more than $80,000 for Communities in Schools of Moore County and Moore Buddies. Beth Cirigliano and Billie Ertter won the competition.
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Moore County Residents Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 17, 2012
Moore County Residents Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Over 100 residents turned out Jan. 16 to participate in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade sponsored by the West Southern Pines Civic Club. Participants share their views of how King's legacy continues in Moore County over 40 years after his death.
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Escaped Monkey Toby Back Home
January 8, 2012
Toby and escaped rhesus monkey is back home and being cared for by his former owner Terri Holt, right, and current owner Connie Baxley. After five days on the loose, Toby suffered a broken finger, some scrapes, and lost about a pound.
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Academy of Moore Brings Holiday Cheer to Harris Teeter
January 3, 2012
Academy of Moore Brings Holiday Cheer to Harris Teeter
Students from The Academy of Moore County performed holiday songs with music teacher Melissa Mayle for customers and staff at the Harris Teeter grocery store in Aberdeen Dec. 13. The students visited the store to purchase 120 frozen turkeys and donate them to the Sandhills branch of the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.
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Are You Smarter Than a Moore County Schools' Fifth-Grader?
November 18, 2011
Are You Smarter Than a Moore County Schools' Fifth-Grader?
The Public Education Foundation of Moore County held its first annual "Are You Smarter Than a Moore County Schools' Fifth-Grader?" competition in Owens Auditorium at Sandhills Community College Nov. 17. The event, which featured 36 local fifth-graders and 12 of Moore County's movers and shakers, came down to the final lightning round between two teams--Cameron and Pinehurst Elementary schools, headed up by Audrey Moriarity and Eric Corbett, and Sandhills Farm Life and Westmoore Elementary schools led by John Dempsey and Marianne Kernan.
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Walmart CEO Visits SCC
November 4, 2011
Walmart CEO Bill Simon spoke to students and residents Nov. 2 at Sandhills Community College, answering questions submitted by business students about the success behind the world's largest retailer. Simon is responsible for the strategic direction and operational performance of the U.S. business, which includes 3,700 stores and 1.3 million employees.
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Eric Whitacre Visits Pinecrest High School
November 1, 2011
Eric Whitacre Visits Pinecrest High School
World renowned composer Eric Whitacre conducted a series choral workshops during a three-day residency Oct. 24 through 26 at Pinecrest High School. The sessions culminated in a concert at Robert E. Lee Auditorium Oct. 26, featuring visiting choral and instrumental groups, as well as the Pinecrest Chamber Ensemble. For the students who participated, the chance to work with Whitacre was the opportunity of a lifetime.
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UP Volleyball: Senior Night 2011
October 14, 2011
UP Volleyball: Senior Night 2011
Union Pines head coach Leslie Fish and Vike seniors Morgan Bridgers, Lexi Byrd, Crystal Hicks, Anna Sadler and Cassidy Walker, discuss their thoughts on senior night and the upcoming postseason. The interviews were conducted after the Vikings finished the regular season with a three-set sweep against Westover Thursday in CFVC action at Bob Ward Gymnasium.
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Disc Golf in the Pines
October 7, 2011
Local enthusiasts enjoyed a round of disc golf with professional disc golfers Nate Doss, Avery Jenkins and Valerie Jenkins Oct. 4 at Reservoir Park in Southern Pines. The pros were in town for the Southern Pines premier of "Chains," a documentary film about the underground sport featuring some local players. Since the disc golf course opened at Reservoir Park last spring, interest in the sport continues to grow as more players come out to play.
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Union Pines vs Pinecrest Tennis 2011
October 4, 2011
Union Pines vs Pinecrest Tennis 2011
Union Pines Vikings coach John Frye, Pinecrest Patriots coach Gail Deese, and Vike No.1 player Melissa Tally discuss the October 3, 2011 cross-county tennis match. Union Pines claimed a 5-4 victory in the contest, to notch its first win over the Pinecrest girls' tennis team since 1994. That Patriots claimed each of the previous five meetings between the two squads, including a 5-4 win last season.
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An Everyday Remembrance
September 11, 2011
Joe Gibbons, a retired New York City firefighter couldn't shake the immense loss he felt on Sept. 11, 2001 as so many firefighters and police officers died trying to save victims of the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. So in order to keep the legacy of those lost alive, he built a tribute wall in his Pinehurst garage honoring firefighters in New York City and all over the United States as a daily reminder of the sacrifice that was made on 9/11 and the significant contributions that have been made since.
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Honoring Deora
September 11, 2011
For Frank and Linda Guerra, the realities of what happened on Sept. 11, 2001 hit all too close to home. On that day, Frank Guerra's granddaughter, 20-year-old Deora Bodley, was killed on United Airlines Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa. She was the youngest passenger on the plane. In the years since Bodley's death, Guerra and his wife, Linda, have worked with "93 Cents for Flight 93," a grassroots movement to keep the story of 9/11 alive for generations to come by educating young people about the what happened that day.
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Remembering 9/11
September 11, 2011
Residents throughout Moore County reminisce about the 9/11 attacks that took place ten years ago.
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Jodee Blanco Advocates Bullying Awareness
September 10, 2011
Jodee Blanco Advocates Bullying Awareness
Author and activist Jodee Blanco visited Pope John Paul II Catholic School last month and held a seminar for the public at Sandhills Community College Aug. 18 to raise awareness about the prevalence of bullying in schools. Blanco's seminar, "It's Not Just Joking Around," helps parents, students and educators understand how simple "jokes" can permanently damage a person's self-esteem. Blanco shared her own experiences of being bullied by her classmates as an adolescent.
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Big Game at Pinecrest
September 9, 2011
Pinecrest held a media event Thursday afternoon in preparation for Friday's game against Barron Collier. It will be the first time a high school team from North Carolina has ever played an exhibition game against a team from Florida in the regular season. Game time is at 7:30 p.m.
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UP at NM: Cross County FB Clash
August 27, 2011
UP at NM: Cross County FB Clash
The Union Pines Viking football team picked up a 48-13 victory over the North Moore Mustangs in a nonconference cross-county football contest, Friday in Robbins. Photos by Philip Taylor.
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Did You Just Feel That?
August 23, 2011
Merchants from Southern Pines explain what they felt as the tremors hit around 2:00 PM (August 23).
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Coaches React to Season Opener
August 22, 2011
Coaches React to Season Opener
Chris Metzer (Pinecrest Head Coach) and Richard Bailey (Jack Britt Head Coach) react to the season opener at Pinecrest on Friday night (August 19). Interview by Charlie Bergmann.
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Tom Ross Explains Tarheel Scandal
August 20, 2011
Tom Ross Explains Tarheel Scandal
Tom Ross, President of UNC-System, explains the Tar Heel Football Scandal.
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Team Georgia is King of the Hill in Majors Division
August 19, 2011
Team Georgia is King of the Hill in Majors Division
An interview with Bill Johnson, Manager of Team Georgia, after his team just won the Dixie Youth World Series (Majors Division).
