Fire at Highlands Playhouse
Highlands Fire & Rescue received a call at 9:22 a.m. this morning for a structure fire next door at the Highlands Playhouse located at 362 Oak Street, right between HFR and Highlands Police departments. Playhouse […]
Highlands School’s peers salute their own with annual designation
Macon County School System’s Teacher of the Year and Support Person of the Year for each school was announced last week. For Highlands School, Math Teacher Gina Billingsley was voted “Teacher of the Year.” The […]
Mayor on Duty: Dumpster issues
The buzz last week was why the mayor removed the trash dumpsters at the recreation center. I have gotten feedback about the decision. I did not make a unitary decision to remove the dumpsters. It […]
Citizens discuss lack of area healthcare
The meeting room at the Cashiers Rec Park was jam packed with concerned citizens who lined the walls to hear from a group who are upset over the lack of doctors in the area on […]
New intern joins team at Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
Sarah Lown joins the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust to help the nonprofit with it’s mission of preserving and protecting thousands of acres on the Plateau. Lown will maintain trails and help with the continuous effort to […]
New water tank on Satulah about to be filled for testing
Highlands Mayor Pat Taylor is inside the new Satulah water tank. The new tank holds 600,000 gallons; the old tank held 200,000. The new tank is prestressed concrete; the concrete for the old tank was […]
Record turnout at The Village Green Independence Day weekend celebration
An estimated 3,500 people attended the festivities on July 5 at The Village Green in Cashiers to hear Continental Divide tear it up on stage before the crowd was dazzled by a Fireworks Extravaganza shot […]
Town of Highlands celebrates Independence Day
The community celebration on July 4 in the Town of Highlands began with games on the ball field, followed by an intense Duck Derby, then live music in the park, and capped off with an […]
Highlands Playhouse presents Oklahoma!
The Highlands Playhouse is proud to present the follow up to the blockbuster hit Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. From July 11-27, the Highlands Playhouse presents Oklahoma! The majority of performances for Buddy sold out, […]
Dumpsters ‘dumped’ due to overuse
Recycling will continue for now, but the convenience of dumping household trash in the Rec Park dumpsters is no longer an option. On Monday, Mayor Pat Taylor sent word that due to misuse and popularity […]