By Kim Lewicki, Highlands Newspaper This week kickstarts a candidate Q&A that will feature a question and answer each week for six weeks culminating with the Thursday, Nov. 2 edition prior to the Tuesday, Nov. […]
By Kim Lewicki, Highlands Newspaper Town Board deliberations began an hour earlier Thurs., Sept. 21 with a one-hour workshop prior to the 7 p.m. Town Board meeting. This format will be tried for one year […]
For nearly 35 years, there have been several efforts to secure funding to dredge Mirror Lake. With the state appropriating 5 million dollars in the new budget, the restoration of the lake will become a […]
By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News The Will Henry Stevens Bridge that makes up the main entrance at The Bascom has been closed since August to undergo repairs. Billy Love, deputy executive director at The […]
The 13th annual Dazzling Dahlia Festival blanketed downtown Highlands in a wide spectrum of colors showcasing passionate-dahlia growers’ talents and creativity on Sept. 9. This year’s festival theme was “Season in Highlands,” and the single […]
The International Friendship Center is bringing its 2nd annual Carnaval de Colores to Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park on Sept. 22 (tomorrow). The newly-created event serves as the kick-off celebration for Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from […]
Article by Ricky Siegel Photos By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News A total of 303 runners competed in the Rotary Club of Highlands’ annual Twilight 5K last month and raised approx. $25,000 to support The […]
We are in the season of wonderful community events. This past weekend, the entire community enjoyed a well-done Dazzling Dahlia Festival. I want to thank the festival’s organizing committee and the Highlands Historical Society for […]
The Highlands Performing Arts Center will present Artrageous, a fusion of performing and visual arts at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 22. Artrageous combines music, singing, dancing, puppetry, and painting, all on stage at one time. Artrageous […]
It’s official, it’s Dahlia Week in Highlands Highlands Mayor Pat Taylor recently signed a decree making it Dahlia Week in Highlands in honor of the annual Dazzling Dahlia Festival happening this weekend. To make the […]
Hudson Library, in partnership with the B.E.A.R. Task Force, presents Bear Necessities: Helpful Bear Deterrents and Managing Attractants. This free program will be held tomorrow (Sept. 8) at the Hudson Library in Highlands. Sometimes an […]
By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Highlands junior varsity volleyball team hosted Andrews on Thursday and won the match in the tie-breaking third set. The Lady Highlanders lost the first set, came back and won […]
The Highlands Performing Arts Center will present NC comedian, Kelly Swanson in Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale on Saturday, Aug. 26 at 7:30 pm. Swanson is an award-winning storyteller, comedian, motivational speaker, Huffington Post Contributor, and cast member of The Fashion […]
By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News The Lady Highlanders hosted Smoky Mountain on Monday night and ended up with a loss after a 3-1 best of five final. “With it being our first game, I […]
By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News The Highlanders boys varsity soccer hosted Mountain Heritage in the season opener on Monday and ended with a loss 7-3. “We played well, but not at the final level […]