Mayor on Duty

Thanksgiving was a different holiday with changes and adjustments due to COVID-19. I have looked back at past pandemics and have noticed some parallels. Boccaccio wrote the Decameron in reaction to the Black Death that […]

Mayor on Duty

A picture is worth a thousand words, or at least 500. The photo of an overstuffed  bear resistant garbage toter that was placed on the road Sunday afternoon illustrates  a growing problem in Highlands.  I […]

Mayor on Duty

I view the Community Coffees with the Mayor as town meetings. These sessions that include Q&A take place on the last Friday of every month at the Hudson Library. The main focus at last Friday’s […]

Mayor on Duty

In my report at last Thursday’s Highlands Town Board Meeting, I requested that the land use committee and staff review the issue of short-term vacation rentals, commonly referred to as VRBOs. With the emergence of […]