Articles by John Nagy

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,…

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,…

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….

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 BY JOHN A. NAGY, SLI Reporter The Seven Lakes West Landowners Association hosted a “meet the candidates” forum on Feb….

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 BY MARY KATE MURPHY, SLI REPORTER Every year, Sandhills Community College helps more than 400 people…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…