Mayor on Duty

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 […]

Last weekend and Memorial Day were somber occasions. I attended the American Legion Memorial Day Ceremony where the fallen heroes of past wars were remembered. Americans who have been victims of the COVID-19 Pandemic, including […]

The May meeting of the Highlands Town Board will be held tonight at 7 p.m. by way of ZOOM. The information for accessing the meeting is on the town website HERE. As always, the meeting […]

Tuesday before last I was at home eating a sandwich for lunch. Chief Harrell called me and said he needed to meet with me and the town manager at my office as soon as possible. […]

I am hopeful that Governor’s Cooper’s Phase 1 plan will be on tract to go into effect tomorrow at 5 p.m. I know our merchants will be glad to open their stores, albeit on a […]

To open or not to open the town, that is the question. Should we continue strict COVID-19 measures, or relax them in an effort to return to some kind of normalcy? I know these questions […]

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 […]

Tomorrow is the April meeting of the Highlands Town Board of Commissioners. It will not be held at the Highlands Community Center. Since we are under a state of emergency the meeting will be a […]