After months and months of studio members at The Bascom cranking out pieces of artwork, it’s time for the 8th Annual Dave Drake Studio Barn Sale this weekend (July 26-28) from 10 a.m.-5 p.m at […]
Campers at the Cashiers Historical Society’s inaugural-art camp got an extra dose of excitement when a bear made an appearance as the group was about to hit the hiking trails. “We were getting ready to […]
Wrapping 24 trees on Main Street with white, LED lights, seven months of the year was proposed by Chamber of Commerce representatives at the July 18 Town Board meeting. The agenda item was listed as […]
Theater goers for the last week of Oklahoma! at The Highlands Playhouse will see a different backdrop and props for the remaining performances. Gone are the bales of straw on stage which were used as […]
July 24 July 25 Zahner Lecture Series: Each summer, the Highlands Biological Foundation hosts free evening lectures at the Nature Center on Thursdays focused on the theme of natural history and conservation, a tradition that […]
I have been asked why the town wants to change the way residential garbage is collected. The old adage, ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” has been invoked. My response is that the way […]
The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts invites the public to view the first exhibition in a new multi-year series. This series, held in the main floor Bunzl Gallery, will highlight curated works by […]
Southern Highlands Reserve (SHR) welcomed members of the Boys & Girls Club of the Plateau (BGCP) Monday and Tuesday July 15 and 16. Two groups, one of eight to nine-year-old and one of nine […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]