Mayor on Duty

The picture says it all. The water is just going over the Lake Sequoyah Dam. Highlands has not had significant rain for some time, and I don’t see any in the immediate future. Are we […]

Thursday night is the monthly Highlands Town Board meeting. It will start at 7 p.m. at the Highlands Conference Center next to the ball field. But before this official business meeting, there will be a […]

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 […]

I fired my large kiln this weekend in preparation for the Village Square Art Show that begins on Saturday. I have been making pots since 1968, and after getting out of the Army in 1972, […]

By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Members of the community gathered to recognize the 30th anniversary of the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital on March 15. HCH CEO Tom Neal spoke about how far healthcare has come on […]

The staff and I meet with various groups that support and supply the town on a routine basis, and this past week Josh, Lamar Nix met with folks from Duke Energy. It was a good meeting. […]

“Oh beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountains majesties, Above the fruited plain.” If our small convenience center at the recreation center is full (pictured above), please take your recycling […]

Highlands voters cast their ballots on Nov. 2 and mayoral incumbent Pat Taylor won a decisive victory against challenger Marc Hehn. Taylor won with 343 votes compared to Hehn’s 145 votes, according to the North […]

Last week’s town board meeting was a celebratory event in many ways. The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation introduced the two new doctors that they brought to the plateau in conjunction with their funding and opening […]

The agenda for tomorrow’s July meeting of the Highlands Town Board of Commissioners is full. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Highlands Conference Center next to the ball field. The first item […]

Tonight is the February Highlands Town Board meeting by way of ZOOM. The access codes are on the town website (or click HERE and use passcode: 359319). The meeting begins at 7 p.m. with public […]

Tonight is the January meeting of the Highlands Town Board. It will be a ZOOM meeting that starts at 7 pm. The ZOOM access information is on the town website HERE. (Or click HERE and […]

Here is yet another photo that illustrates trash disposal problems that a small number of residents continue to generate. Yes, I and the board might be viewed as garbage nazis by some with the passage […]

The September meeting of the Highlands Town Board is tonight at 7 p.m. It is a hybrid meeting so to speak in that it will be both a ZOOM and an in-person meeting. The ZOOM […]

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, […]