Tag: Pinehurst

Welcome to Sign-hurst !

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Brant Clifton

There is a growing contingent here in The Golf Capital of The World who believe that Pinehurst village staff and state bureaucrats have gone sign-crazy — cluttering up the landscape

Pinehurst: planning & zoning and campaign promises

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Surprise! Suprise! The Village of Pinehurst was embroiled this week in another zoning controversy. Our Lambda Award-nominated thrice weekly local newspaper has the details: Residents living

Pinehurst’s Road to Nowhere

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Back in March, we got word that Aberdeen’s Railhouse Brewery wanted to move to Pinehurst and set up a microbrewery and restaurant in the resort’s old steam plant facility in

Driving in Pinehurst: speed traps, little old ladies in great big cars, and ANOTHER ROUNDABOUT???

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

When you talk about driving in Pinehurst, most people’s first thoughts go toward the kind don best with TaylorMade or Callaway products. The kind you do on four tires can

Let’s Make A Deal: Pinehurst resort, Moore County seek land swap

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Moore County commissioners will have a public hearing this month to discuss a possible deal with the Pinehurst Resort in advance of the 2014 U.S

Pinehurst: Queen Nancy expanding her domain, some homeowners catching a break

Posted on September 23, 2012September 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Grab a chair and some popcorn, boys and girls, the Pinehurst village council is getting together again this week. Click HERE and HERE for details. We were

Hi-HO HI-HO It’s off to court we go (AGAIN!)

Posted on July 27, 2012July 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In the wake of the 2011 Pinehurst village council elections, we were promised an end to business as usual at village hall. For years, standard operating procedure at village hall

Property rights, economic development questions for Southern Pines, Pinehurst councils

Posted on May 31, 2012May 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

There was an interesting line in a recent Pilot story about Pinehurst’s new budget: […] Another $252,000 is in the budget for the construction

Pinehurst Village Council: (I told you so)

Posted on May 23, 2012May 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

So. Village taxpayers shelled out $33,500 to get the SAME advice that — ahem — SOMEBODY gave you FOR FREE months ago. Don’t get me wrong. I am a big

A lesson for Pinehurst government in Raleigh

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Village of Pinehurst government is aggressively promoting the idea of downtown revitalization. They’ve paid for a study of the idea of building a performing arts center. They’ve obtained