Kalawi Farm, Ben’s Ice Cream Open for the Season
Kalawi Farm and BenÕs Homemade Ice Cream opened over the weekend. Ted Fitzgerald/The Pilot Lillian Wood (l) shows off her BenÕs T-shirt with help for…
Articles by John Nagy
West End Elementary Multicultural Fair, March 10
Vikki Crafter talk about the culture of Zimbabwe at the Multicultural Fair at West End Elementary School. Ted Fitzgerald/The Pilot Vikki Crafter talk about the…
Lake Auman Classic 5k, March 5, 2022
Shannon Stites with son Will, 17 who came n second place in the 5K. The Lake Auman Classic 5K and Kids Dash Saturday March 5th…
West End Elementary Books and Basketball Night
Books and Basketball Event at the West End Elementary School. The Student vs. Teacher basketball game was packed and the library was busy with students…
West Pine Middle School Second Quarter Honor Roll
Distinguished List Grade 6: Liam Joseph Bainbridge, Owen Lee Baker, Jackson Jude Ball, Jacob Robert Braun, Alyssa Elizabeth Cagle, Maddilynn Kay Caldwell, Hunter Jacob Coleman,…
West End Elementary School Second Quarter Honor Roll
Distinguished List Grade 3: Brooks Anne Barbour, Jonathan Lawson Beck, Jordan Anthony Caddell, Colton Patrick Ebel, Reese Lillian Gatling, Brinley Taylor Hanna, Samuel Allen Heathcote,…
Meet Your Neighbor: Marion Still
BY Yvonne Merrill, Special to The Insider Marion (Kruger) Stiehl, a newcomer to Seven Lakes West, skirted a milestone: on Jan. 22, she turned 99….
Lakeway Gardens Ready for Spring
Staff Report The tease of warm days in February has folks thinking of spring flowers, especially after three consecutive snowy Saturdays in January. Work crews…
SLW Candidates Address Growth, Amenities
SLW Candidates Address Growth, Amenities BY JOHN A. NAGY, SLI Reporter The Seven Lakes West Landowners Association hosted a “meet the candidates” forum on Feb….
Three Candidates Running for Election to SLLA Board
BY LAURA DOUGLASS, SLI Reporter The election in March of three candidates running for the Seven Lakes Landowners Association (SLLA) Board of Directors is mostly…
Helping Unconventional Students: SCC Facing Shortage of ‘Nontraditional’ Instructors
Helping Unconventional Students SCC Facing Shortage of ‘Nontraditional’ Instructors BY MARY KATE MURPHY, SLI REPORTER Every year, Sandhills Community College helps more than 400 people…
Be Aware of Heat Stress in Your Dogs
BY NEIL COPELAND, Special to The Insider I realize that it is the beginning of March and maybe too early to talk about heat acclimation…
Picerno Fills Seven Lakes Commissioner Seat on County Board
A new county commissioner representing Seven Lakes was appointed on Tuesday, March 1, following the unexpected resignation last month of Louis Gregory. Gregory announced in…
Full Circle: A Long Circuit Back to Covering Community News
Twenty-eight years have passed since I had my first byline, that coveted little line of a news article identifying its author. Twenty-eight years have passed…
Doctor to Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
As an emergency physician at FirstHealth of the Carolinas, endurance athlete and anonymous kidney donor, Dr. Matthew Harmody has never been one to shy away…
Travels With Geoffrey: Giraffe-About-Town Makes the Rounds
BY LAURA DOUGLASS, SLI Reporter If you find a six-foot tall giraffe unexpectedly on your porch, grab your camera and have some fun. “Geoffrey” has…
Lecture Series to Host Former Cabinet Secretary
BY EVEY WEISBLAT, SLI REPORTER Dr. Benjamin S. Carson Sr., former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a neurosurgeon, has been scheduled for…
Religion Seekers of Tomorrow Should Know Church’s Legacy
By Harry Bronkar, columnist By now we are all aware that covid has pretty well messed up just about everything in our lives: shopping, eating…
County Narrowing How to Spend COVID Aid
BY EVEY WEISBLAT, SLI Reporter Moore County commissioners have begun the process for how they can spend almost $20 million in COVID-19 relief funds. This…
MCS Administrator Lands State Honor
BY MARY KATE MURPHYSLI Reporter Building programs across Moore County Schools that encourage students to explore their interests and follow them toward a career has…
Lake Review Shows Capacity for Growth
BY JOHN A. NAGY SLI Reporter Lake Auman may be growing in popularity with Seven Lakes West community members, but activities were still far from…
Three Candidates Running for Election to SLLA Board
BY LAURA DOUGLASS, SLI REporter The election in March of three candidates running for the Seven Lakes Landowners Association (SLLA) Board of Directors is mostly…
A New Editor for The Insider
BY JOHN NAGY Seven Lakes runs through my life both personally and professionally. Purely by coincidence, The Pilot was in the process last year of…
Woodard Put His Heart Into the Game, and the Kids
BY MARY KATE MURPHY, SLI Reporter John Williams Stadium is something like a second home for Jeff Hewitt. But when Pinecrest’s head baseball coach and…
SLW Resident Elevated to Lead Schools
BY MARY KATE MURPHY, SLI Reporter With the Jan. 28 retirement of Moore County Schools Superintendent Bob Grimesey, Seven Lakes West resident Tim Locklair has…
Board Seeking Input on Superintendent Search
Contributed The Moore County Board of Education has hired the North Carolina School Boards Association to help coordinate its search for the next superintendent of…
SLW Residents Discuss Proposed Budget
BY JOHN A. NAGY, SLI Reporter A proposed annual budget for Seven Lakes West that raises dues by $250 is moving closer toward a final…
Four Vying for SLW Board of Directors
BY JOHN A. NAGY, SLI Reporter Seven Lakes West property owners will choose from four candidates next month to fill two seats on the Seven…
SLLA Budget: Dues Increase To Tackle Deferred Work
BY LAURA DOUGLASS, SLI Reporter Several dues increases in recent years have cushioned the uptick in operating expenses for the Seven Lakes Landowners Association. However,…
First Robin Sage Exercise of ’22 Wraps Up
SLI Staff Report From time to time, Seven Lakes can be a popular training ground for U.S. Army Special Forces personnel. Just as paratroopers practice…