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 […]
The August meeting of the Highlands Town Board will be held at 7 p.m. tomorrow evening. The town website has the ZOOM meeting access information. I am adding an option to ZOOMING tomorrow, provided the […]
I’ve had a bird problem. It started last summer when I went to fire my large gas kiln. After loading the kiln, I turned to access a small shed where I keep some 75 firebricks […]
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 […]
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 […]
Yesterday day marked the start of a new budget year for the Town of Highlands. The town board approved a scaled back budget at their June meeting. The Town Manager developed the balanced budget based […]
It was a good weekend for me, and I suspect for many Highlanders. At this beginning of summer, we finally got a break from the cloudy days. I have been visiting the downtown and merchants […]
Tonight is the June meeting of the Highlands Town Board of Commissions. Since we are in Phase 2 of the Governor’s State of Emergency, the meeting will again be held by way of ZOOM. Information […]
I was perusing the June/July issue of Fly Fisherman when I came across this statement by Takaknotire, a Kayapo Tribal Elder and Warrior living on the Amazon River. He declares, “Our river does not have […]