Mayor on Duty

On Monday, I had the honor of awarding town scholarships to the graduating seniors at the annual Highlands School Honors Day program. This year $56,000 in scholarships were awarded to the graduates. College students who […]

We are getting close to the end of school and the graduation season. Highlands School usually has a senior graduation class of about 25 to 30 students. Being one of only three K through 12 […]

Major Gift from Linda and Mark Quick Bolsters Scholarship Aid for the Class of 2022 to $214,000 The Summit Charter School Foundation, which raises vital funds to support Summit Charter School–a tuition-free K-12 public school is announced it has received $214,000 […]

Pat Rowe, a long-time resident of Cashiers, told the rector of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Rob Wood, that all she wanted for her 93rd birthday was to thank the many people who had […]

by Kim Lewicki
Posted on 4 Jun 2021
News

Every year the board of the Mountain Findings Thrift Store disburses its proceeds to area nonprofits including the Town of Highlands Scholarship Fund whose total is disbursed among annual graduates. However, this year, in addition […]

Rotary Club of Highlands Scholarship winner recounts her entry into the working world amidst COVID-19 Entry into the working world is always an adjustment, but 2016 Rotary Club of Highlands Scholarship winner Blakely Moore’s entry […]

The Bel Canto Recital Committee is pleased to announce that Emma Weller is the 2020 Scholarship Award winter. Throughout school Emma pursued several art disciplines, including dance, voice and percussion in the school’s band, and […]

Mountain Garden Club board members regretfully decided to reschedule this year’s annual Plant Sale due to COVID-19 and social distancing guidelines. The Plant Sale draws hundreds of gardening enthusiasts to the ballpark in Highlands each […]

Wildcat Cliffs Country Club hosted the annual Town of Highlands Scholarship Golf Tournament that raised nearly $19,000 earlier this month to fund scholarships for graduates of the Highlands School. “We are grateful to the membership […]

Several Blue Ridge Early College students were honored earlier this month for academic achievements earned throughout the 2018-19 school year with over $100,000 in scholarships awarded at the Academic Banquet and Scholarship Night at The […]

Pictured above from left are Highlands Police Officer Kevin Breedlove, Kevin Vinson-ABC Store General Manager, Town of Highlands Mayor Pat Taylor, Rec Director Lester Norris, ABC board member Andy Chmar, Ann Koenig, board member Leslie Cook, […]

Cars lined the streets on Saturday morning and people hungry for their monthly fix of homemade pancakes with locally-grown handpicked blueberries and crisp sausage. This was the last breakfast of the Scaly Mountain Women’s Club’s […]