Mayor on Duty
Let me talk trash. Beginning this past Thursday our trash problems began. Town Hall staff received a high volume of calls from folks saying their thrash had not been picked up. Some callers said the […]
Garbage
Bears are smart. We need to be smarter!
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 […]
Mayor on Duty
Yesterday was Earth Day. In the past, the Highlands Plateau Cleanup took place on the Saturday closest to Earth Day. The sponsor of the event, the Highlands Chamber of Commerce, cancelled this year’s Saturday cleanup […]
Town gets serious about garbage
The Town’s Code of Ordinances was amended last Thursday to address solid waste as it applies to bear-resistant toters and water and sewer allowances outside of town. The Code of Ordinances is not the same […]
Lighting up Main Street is put on hold
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 […]
Mayor on Duty
I have been asked why the town wants to change the way residential garbage is collected. The old adage, ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” has been invoked. My response is that the way […]
Mayor on Duty: Dumpster issues
The buzz last week was why the mayor removed the trash dumpsters at the recreation center. I have gotten feedback about the decision. I did not make a unitary decision to remove the dumpsters. It […]
Mayor on Duty
There is a recycling crisis in the country, especially plastic. The Highlands Plateau is not immune from this problem that is analogous to an addiction. American recycling has been a “smoke and mirrors” process. The […]
Mayor on Duty: Bear discussion continues
Let me share some thoughts before the Community Coffee with the Mayor on Friday at the Hudson Library at 11 a.m. The program is on bear control. My candid views are about what the town […]