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The Highlands Town Board approved the amortization of short term rentals by a 4-1 vote on Sept. 19.

The Highlands Town Board approved the amortization of short term rentals by a 4-1 vote on Sept. 19.

Highlands commissioners approve amortization

Ryan Hanchett
Thursday, September 26, 2024
After more than two years of wrangling with the future of short-term rentals in Highlands, the town board of commissioners voted on Thursday night to amortize the use as part of a zoning amendment to the unified development ordinance.
The Cashiers Valley Leaf Festival will fill The Village Green from Oct. 11-13.

The Cashiers Valley Leaf Festival will fill The Village Green from Oct. 11-13.

Leaf Festival set for October run in Cashiers

News Staff
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Between Friday, Oct. 11 and Sunday, Oct. 13, visitors to the The Village Green’s annual Cashiers Valley Leaf Festival will be able to enjoy the changing orange, yellow and red leaves while also listening a lot of live music and shopping from over 100 vendors selling home-made wares.
Potters and ceramic artists at The Bascom fired up a new soda kiln just in time for September classes to begin.

Potters and ceramic artists at The Bascom fired up a new soda kiln just in time for September classes to begin.

Firing on all cylinders

News Staff
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The pottery class the first week of September at The Bascom got to use the new soda fire kiln to make pots – only the second time it’d ever been used at the facility, according to Frank Vickery, director of ceramics.
A number of projects at Highlands School have been officially funded by the county.

A number of projects at Highlands School have been officially funded by the county.

Highlands School improvements get green light

News Staff
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The Macon County Board of Commissioners passed $7.9 million in funding for upgrades to Highlands School at their last meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 10.
Pictured are the Summit Charter School Foundation representatives and student recipients of the Quick Trailblazer Scholarship, founded by benefactors Linda and Mark Quick. Melissa Hudson, Summit Development Director, Linda Quick, Bradley Burnette, Christina McDonald, Mark Quick, and Sarah Jenning, Summit Foundation Board Chair.

Pictured are the Summit Charter School Foundation representatives and student recipients of the Quick Trailblazer Scholarship, founded by benefactors Linda and Mark Quick. Melissa Hudson, Summit Development Director, Linda Quick, Bradley Burnette, Christina McDonald, Mark Quick, and Sarah Jenning, Summit Foundation Board Chair.

Summit Foundation awards $105,000 in scholarships

News Staff
Thursday, September 19, 2024
The Summit Charter School Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises vital funds to support Summit Charter School, a tuition-free K-12 public charter school in Cashiers, is pleased to announce it distributed $101,500 in life changing scholarship funds to Summit’s senior class of 2024.

Marking a point in time

News Staff
Thursday, September 19, 2024
A decade from now, employees at Eckerd Living Center will dig up the ground at the nursing home’s outdoor recreation area and reveal the contents of a time capsule buried  on September 11, 2024.
Pictured are Craig Nixon, Steve Ham, Lester Norris, Ricky Siegel, Faviola Olvera, Steve Mehder, David Moore, Cindy Trevathan, and Bonnie Potts. The vehicle is an original 1913 Buick owned by David and Amy Noznesky.

Pictured are Craig Nixon, Steve Ham, Lester Norris, Ricky Siegel, Faviola Olvera, Steve Mehder, David Moore, Cindy Trevathan, and Bonnie Potts. The vehicle is an original 1913 Buick owned by David and Amy Noznesky.

Motoring Festival gives $105,000 to three nonprofits

News Staff
Thursday, September 12, 2024
The 2024 Highlands Motoring Festival was successful by every measure, including financial support to local human needs charities. To commemorate this accomplishment, there was a presentation of the funds to the three human needs charities at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park.
A capacity crowd filled the Highlands Community Building to debate the possibility of amortizing short term rentals in R1 and R2 residential zones.

A capacity crowd filled the Highlands Community Building to debate the possibility of amortizing short term rentals in R1 and R2 residential zones.

STR amortization debate continues

News Staff
Thursday, September 12, 2024
The Highlands Community Building on 4th Street was packed to the gills for a special meeting Thursday, Sept. 5, on the topic of a proposed rule to ban short-term rentals (STRs) in some zoning districts in town.
The 14th annual Dazzling Dahlia Festival will take place Sept. 6-8.

The 14th annual Dazzling Dahlia Festival will take place Sept. 6-8.

Dahlia Festival ready to bloom

News Staff
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Highlands Historical Society is taking guests back in time with the 14th annual Dazzling Dahlia Festival. “Flower Power” will be exploding this weekend all over Highlands as the festival leans into the 60’s.