Since the pandemic began over a year ago, there has not been a large-scale music festival like that of Bear Shadow held last weekend at Winfield Farm in Scaly Mountain N.C. Pictured below is an […]
Here is yet another photo that illustrates trash disposal problems that a small number of residents continue to generate. Yes, I and the board might be viewed as garbage nazis by some with the passage […]
Tonight is the November meeting of the Highlands Town Board of Commissioners. It begins at 7 p.m. by way of Zoom. The Zoom information is on the town website (and pictured at the bottom of […]
A picture is worth a thousand words, or at least 500. The photo of an overstuffed bear resistant garbage toter that was placed on the road Sunday afternoon illustrates a growing problem in Highlands. I […]
A major COVID challenge facing our community is how to protect and manage first responders and personnel that continuously interact with the public. County and municipal officials are doing everything possible to keep employees healthy […]
I was gratified to see the Town Board vote at last Thursday’s meeting to require the wearing of face masks on all commercial sidewalks. Board members and I had been receiving concerns about people not […]
Let me again thank those folks who care for the health and safety of their fellow citizens by wearing masks. Research is very clear that wearing masks is a very basic, and effective way of […]
People are swarming back to the mountains, and that means more problems with bears. Well, more accurately, more problems with people who cause problems with bears. Bears have already destroyed at least one car and […]
Public Works Committee talks trash pickup The proposed lightning up of Main Street will not happen this year, so says Mayor Pat Taylor after a meeting with Town and Highlands Chamber of Commerce/Visitor Center staff […]
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 […]