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Author: Kim Lewicki

Proposed UDO says STRs are to be allowed in Highlands

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 19 May 2022
  • News

New STRs in R1 are prohibited; those in existence are grandfathered Highlands has been waiting with bated breath for the Town Board to make its decision regarding the continuation of Short-term Rentals in town. There […]

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Highlands Mayor declares April the month to financially help Ukrainians

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 15 Apr 2022
  • News

Over the past few weeks Mountaintop Rotary Club of Highlands has been raising money from the club and its members for Ukraine relief. Recently efforts have expanded to coordinate with the Highlands community with the intent of […]

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Camps line up at Public Hearing to discuss PB’s STR recommendations

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 4 Mar 20224 Mar 2022
  • News

The last step before the Town Board begins final deliberations about Highlands’ Short-term Rentals was a Public Hearing on the Planning Board’s recommendations for amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) concerning STRs. Every time […]

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Conditional Zoning will help make Highlands Parkside Center a reality

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 4 Mar 20224 Mar 2022
  • News

If all goes as planned, the Bank of America building on Carolina Way and Pine Street will be no more. At the February Planning Board meeting, members considered the conceptual plans presented by Jeff Weller […]

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Commissioner Hehn asks town to make Town Manager Ward pay him for lawyer fees

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 24 Feb 2022
  • News

Before accepting the February Town Board agenda as written which was item #3 – Review and Approve the Agenda – Commissioner Marc Hehn asked to move item #15 – Request for Reimbursement for Attorney Fees […]

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Town hires attorney for 2nd opinion about PB’s short-term rental take

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 24 Feb 2022
  • News

After the Feb. 1 Town Board work session on short-term rentals, the board came away thinking it needed another legal view concerning the Planning Board’s recommended changes to the UDO as they apply to STRs.  […]

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Board puts Hehn’s document requests to bed

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 24 Feb 2022
  • News

At the February Town Board meeting, the Board of Commissioners again considered two items regarding document requests Commissioner Marc Hehn has made of the town. His requests involved copies of the red-line version of the […]

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Town Board workshop on STRs raises more questions; short on answers

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 4 Feb 2022
  • News

There were two parts to Tuesday night’s special called Town Board meeting – dubbed workshop.  The first part was a closed session where the board was briefed on the lawsuit leveled at the town by […]

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A year of service is commended at HFR awards banquet

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 29 Jan 202229 Jan 2022
  • News

At the annual Highlands Fire and Rescue Award Banquet held Jan. 22 at OEI’s Spring House, the volunteer force with significant others in attendance was recognized by their own and by Highlands Mayor Pat Taylor. […]

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STRs are now on Town Board’s plate

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 29 Jan 202231 Jan 2022
  • News

Monday night, the Planning Board put the finishing touches on its Unified Development Code amendments in regards to short-term rentals. The ball is now in the Town Board’s court and will be reviewed at a […]

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Planning Board to recommend STRs allowed in all districts

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 14 Jan 2022
  • News

At a special called Planning Board work-session meeting Tuesday night, the board tried to put the finishing touches on the short-term rental ordinance they last worked on in December. Except for a couple of items, […]

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Highlands signs contract with Hotwire Communications to manage fiber highway

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 11 Nov 2021
  • News

At the October Town Board meeting, commissioners voted unanimously to accept Hotwire Communications’ contract as the closed system provider of the town’s broadband highway known as Highlands Smart Cities Network. The town officially sealed the […]

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Lawsuit against town halted with ‘stay’

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 11 Nov 2021
  • News

Town Attorney suggests grandfather status for vested STRs After being served with a lawsuit by Save Highlands regarding the town’s Aug. 24 decision to ban Short-term Rentals in R1 on Jan. 3, 2022, the commissioners […]

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Citizens speak out in favor of STRs in R1

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 23 Sep 2021
  • News

They ask commissioners to rescind hasty decision to ban STRs in R1  Unlike most of the public comments made at the August Highlands Town Board meeting against short-term rentals in the R1 zone, at the […]

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Highlands Chamber announces Snow Festival for Jan. 29

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 23 Sep 2021
  • News

At Thursday’s Town Board meeting, the Highlands Chamber of Commerce got permission to host a Snow Festival in K-H Founders Park Saturday, Jan. 29 complete with a slide and tubed merry-go-round both of which are […]

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