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Investing in education

Investing in education

Investing in education

News Staff
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Members of the 2025 Scholarship Golf Tournament, sponsored by the Bryson Family, presented the Town of Highlands with a check for $162,000 from the 2025 Tournament.
Festive Wonderland

Festive Wonderland

Festive Wonderland

News Staff
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
This November, The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts invites the community and visitors alike to step into a festive wonderland as it launches its second annual Holiday Market. From Nov.  4 through Dec.
The Just American Made Glass Festival will line the streets of Sylva on Nov. 8.

The Just American Made Glass Festival will line the streets of Sylva on Nov. 8.

Glass festival returns to Sylva

News Staff
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Just American Made (JAM) Glass Festival returns this autumn to the heart of downtown Sylva. A fiery blend of traditional music, locally handcrafted glass art, and community celebration.  Hosted by JAM Glass Gallery, the bi-annual event is set to take place on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Shop With A Cop Rotary Bingo

News Staff
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
It wouldn’t be Christmas without Shop With a Cop Rotary Bingo. SWAC Rotary Bingo will be on Thursday, Nov. 6, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Community Building next to the Ballfield in Highlands. This is a guaranteed night of fun for a wonderful cause.
Highlands School teacher Brian Aulisio calls for the cake walk while admirers bid on silent auction baskets.

Highlands School teacher Brian Aulisio calls for the cake walk while admirers bid on silent auction baskets.

BRINGING COMMUNITY TOGETHER

News Staff
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Crisp autumn air, colorful leaves, and the sounds of laughter filled the Highlands School campus on Saturday, Oct. 25, as families and friends gathered for the school’s annual Fall Festival.
Resident survey gives town leaders input

Resident survey gives town leaders input

Resident survey gives town leaders input

News Staff
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Representatives of the Highlands Neighborhood Coalition appeared at the Highlands Board of Commissioners meeting Thursday night to present some early results from its 2025 Resident Survey.
Cast members Todd Lipphardt, Craig Eister and Bet Hunter rehearse a scene from Deathtrap.

Cast members Todd Lipphardt, Craig Eister and Bet Hunter rehearse a scene from Deathtrap.

Comedic Thriller

News Staff
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Highlands Cashiers Players will present Deathtrap, a comedic thriller by Ira Levin, Oct. 30, Nov. 1 and 2 and Nov. 6-9 at the Martin Lipscomb Theater in the Highlands Performing Arts Center.  The play is directed by Michael Lanzilotta.
Ally Melrose, former Hemlock Restoration Initiative AmeriCorps Member, and Ben Duerr, Hemlock Restoration Initiative Volunteer.

Ally Melrose, former Hemlock Restoration Initiative AmeriCorps Member, and Ben Duerr, Hemlock Restoration Initiative Volunteer.

Help needed to restore the hemlocks

News Staff
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Join Hemlock Restoration Initiative in Nantahala National Forest near Highlands for a hemlock treatment volunteer workday on Tuesday, Nov.  11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Pictured from left: Bonnie Potts, Craig Nixon, David Moore, John Baumrucker, Jerry Wise, Faviola Olvera, Steve Ham, Cindy Trevthan, Steve Mehder, Jennifer Turner-Lynn, and Mary Adair. Pictured are the two most iconic cars of the 1960s. On the left is the 1967 Corvette Stingray roadster owned by Ricky Siegel. The car on the left is a 1963 Jaguar E-type (XKE) Coupe’ owned by Jack McCullock. These cars represent the festival’s theme for 2026- “250 Years After England verses America; Jag verses Vette”.

Pictured from left: Bonnie Potts, Craig Nixon, David Moore, John Baumrucker, Jerry Wise, Faviola Olvera, Steve Ham, Cindy Trevthan, Steve Mehder, Jennifer Turner-Lynn, and Mary Adair. Pictured are the two most iconic cars of the 1960s. On the left is the 1967 Corvette Stingray roadster owned by Ricky Siegel. The car on the left is a 1963 Jaguar E-type (XKE) Coupe’ owned by Jack McCullock. These cars represent the festival’s theme for 2026- “250 Years After England verses America; Jag verses Vette”.

REVVED UP FOR CHARITY

News Staff
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
The 2025 Highlands Motoring Festival® was very successful by every measure including financial support to local human needs charities. To commemorate this accomplishment, there was a presentation of the funds to three local human needs charities at Kelsey Hutchinson Park on Oct. 21.