Mayor on Duty

The second budget planning workshop for the town is scheduled for Thursday, May 6 at 3 p.m. at the Highlands Conference Center. At this meeting the town manager will present a draft of his proposed […]

Despite pleas from Dr. Patti Wheeler, the Hehn family, and CEO/CNO of Highlands-Cashiers Hospital Tom Neal; commissioners recently voted 4 to 1 to deny water/sewer to HCA for proposed workforce housing on its property alongside the entrance […]

The Highlands-Cashiers Hospital workforce housing water and sewer request was turned down in a 4 to 1 vote at last Thursday’s town board meeting. I know some folks are disappointed and think it is a […]

Highlands Board of Commissioners tabled a request at Thursday’s monthly meeting from HCA Healthcare to supply water and sewer to a proposed workforce-housing development for Highlands-Cashiers Hospital until some issues regarding future use are resolved. […]

I got up late on Labor Day, had my cup of coffee, and perused the morning news. I noticed Southern California continued to battle wildfires, and had set a record 120 degree temperature. I thought, […]

Requests to be annexed into the town by individual homeowners and subdivisions or to just hook on to town sewer are increasing. At the July Town Board meeting, Mayor Pat Taylor initiated a discussion regarding […]

At the first FY 2019-’20 budget meeting last week, commissioner and staff considered what capital outlay items could be financed this year based on projected revenues across enterprise funds and from property and sales taxes. […]