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Photo by Michael O’Hearn/Staff The Bear Shadow Music Festival will return to Winfield Farm in Scaly Mountain on Friday night to kick off a three-day stretch of live music, food and cocktails.
Bear Shadow festival on tap
Photo by Ryan Hanchett/Staff A record-number of volunteers gathered at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park last Saturday.
Record number of volunteers took part in 2022 Plateau Pickup
Photo by Ryan Hanchett/Staff During Thursday’s board meeting a public hearing was held to address a conditional zoning request for Pine Holdings LLC’s property adjacent to Kelsey-Hutchinson Founder’s Park.
One step closer: Zoning change approved for new development on Pine Street
Volunteers will gather for the annual Plateau Pickup, sponsored by the Highlands Chamber of Commerce, at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founder’s Park on Saturday morning. In 2021, approximately 80 volunteers collected close to 300 bags of trash from area roadsides.
Time for spring cleaning
North Carolina Speaker of the House Tim Moore recently made a stop in Cashiers to discuss upcoming elections.
Speaker of the House talks elections
Photo by Christopher Lugo/Staff For the past two years, the Church of Incarnation has undergone a complete renovation of its sanctuary. On Sunday, parishioners had their first service in the new sanctuary.
'Welcome home, dear ones'
At a budget meeting on April 7, the town board heard from Town Manager Josh Ward, who said he reviews the Consumer Price Index each year.
Town looks into six percent COLA increase for employees
Wilmington can keep parts of the ordinance that, for instance, require owners to provide at least one parking space for every bedroom, to post emergency numbers and other information inside the rental unit, to prohibit cooking in bedrooms and restrict whole-house lodging in certain zoning districts.
N.C. Court of Appeals reaches verdict on Wilmington STR case
Brevard is a small mountain town one hour away from Highlands. The elevation for the town is 2,231 feet and the population is 7,744 according to the most recent census data.