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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Since Tuesday, Aug. 24, a committee calling itself Save Highlands has galvanized support from homeowners and businesses to fight the town’s recent decision to ban short-term rentals in Highlands’ R1 district effective Jan. 3, 2022. […]
Bears are part of the scenery here in Highlands and they are dear to most everyone’s hearts. So, when an injured bear appears to be suffering, people get involved. Sadly, on Aug. 27, a severely […]
There are two sides to every story and Short-term Rentals are no exception. Here and across the country people are vehemently for or against them for a myriad of reasons. Though on the agenda as […]
On Monday, Highlands Mayor Pat Taylor announced that Town Hall is closed to the public due to a COVID outbreak. Several employees have tested positive for the virus. The mayor said specialty cleaning equipment is […]
Some things will be different the when the 2021-’22 Highlands school year begins on Monday, Aug. 23 and some things will be the same. For the first time in … well, a really, long time, […]