Over 70,000 twinkling lights wrapped around a 65-spruce tree sparked to life on The Village Green for the Cashiers Christmas Tree Lighting on the Gazebo-side of the park at the Crossroads on Nov. 27. Pictured […]
Santa delighted the small number of people who attended the annual Christmas Tree Lighting in Highlands on Nov. 28 at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park. Presented by the Highlands Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center and recently […]
Rotary Club of Highlands Mountaintop is helping to raise money for the Emergency Council and the Highlands Food Pantry through the Giving Tree project. The Giving Trees are in Bryson’s Grocery Store and Reeves Hardware. […]
Highlands Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center has cancelled the 2020 Olde Mountain Christmas Festival on Dec. 5. Due to cases of COVID-19 rising rapidly in North Carolina, the state has tightened existing mask requirements […]
The folks at the Highlands Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center have been working with town staff to come up with a way to orchestrate holiday festivities during the COVID pandemic. Though events planned for […]
The Village Green will add some sparkle to your holidays on Friday, November 27 and Saturday, November 28 with the 10th annual “Christmas On the Green” celebration. “After a day of feasting, make your spirits […]
The Village Green will once again provide an easy and enjoyable visit with Santa experience 2-5 p.m. on Nov. 27 in the Commons Hall on Frank Allen Road. “Santa’s annual visit the day after Thanksgiving […]
Visit Col. John’s Cabin at the Cashiers Historical Society for a bit of Christmas cheer this holiday season. Built in the 1840s, the Cabin will be open Friday, Nov. 27- 29 from 11 a.m. to […]
Inspired by a TV program that profiled the national program, MCSO Sheriff Robbie Holland and his wife established the Shop with a Cop (SWAC) program in Macon County, 25 years ago. Highlands Police Chief Andrea […]
The Blue Ridge Early College Interact Club visited the Eckerd Living Center in Highlands shortly before Christmas as part of Santas for Seniors, a project aimed at spreading holiday cheer at a Christmas party for […]
Your Mayor isn’t Santa Claus, but I’m making a list and checking it twice. The Town Board will decide what is nice, not nice now, or never nice. It will soon be the budget planning […]
Summit Charter School held the first holiday concert in the Summit Center on Wednesday with performances by the 4th and 5th grade Choir, and Middle and High School Choruses. “I could not be more proud […]
Highlands Police Department gave about 16 area kids a magical day of shopping for Christmas gifts, hitting up The Factory in Franklin, and then wrapping all their goodies at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation […]
Hundreds of people gathered at The Village Green for the Cashiers Christmas Tree lighting last month and many in attendance said the event was everything visitors have come to expect from the annual holiday tradition. […]