At the March 18 Town Board meeting, commissioners amended the town’s Code of Ethics to include a sixth element regarding disclosing closed session information to the public under the threat of censure. As outlined, the […]
Philanthropy in Highlands is historic. Joining Jane Woodruff, who helped make Highlands-Cashiers Hospital and the Highlands Civic Center a reality as well as paving the way for a Fire & Rescue complex, among other things, […]
Keeping the Sanitation Department in the black has always been a challenge for the Town of Highlands. Of its three enterprise funds – electric, water/sewer and sanitation – sanitation always needs a transfer of funds […]
At the Town Board annual retreat earlier this month, one of the last presentations was by Director of the Highlands Chamber of Commerce Kaye McHan. She outlined results of the Chamber’s annual retreat which took […]
Work to begin mid-March At last month’s Town Board meeting, Mayor Pat Taylor summarized NC DOT’s plan for milling, paving and striping Main and north and south 4th streets with work to begin mid-March. Taylor […]
At the January Town Board meeting, Commissioner Marc Hehn, after alluding to a verbal run-in with another commissioner, asked for information about the town’s Code of Ethics, indeed if the town had such a code. […]
Though the annual Awards Banquet has been postponed due to COVID restrictions, the annual Fireman of the Year was still selected by Highlands Fire & Rescue volunteers. This year the department selected Roger Lee Wilson, […]
It’s taken a few years to orchestrate but work will begin on the new Fire & Rescue Dept. to be located on the old deVille property on US 64 west in the next couple of […]
Information allegedly obtained during the Closed Session of the December Town Board meeting, which was later released and misrepresented to an “outside” interested party, was the subject of the January Town Board Closed Session meeting. […]
What a year for Abby Braswell, MC Tax Administrator to be handed the reins after decades-long Tax Administrator Richard Lightner retired. As all the Realtors® in Highlands have attested, 2020 has been a year like […]