Opinion

Highlands Mayor Patrick Taylor is usually a mild-mannered guy.

I was at an inaugural Earth Day convocation 53 years ago this month, and it will be celebrated again this year on Saturday, April 22.

If you have driven down the mountain recently there is no way you’ve missed the buildup of litter along the roadsides.

It’s disgusting, it’s sad, and most of all it’s totally avoidable.

Last Friday marked the resumption of the “Community Coffee with the Mayor” at the Hudson Library. These coffee sessions are usually held on the last Friday of the month, from March to October.

The Easter holiday means a lot of things to a lot of people.

Since the recent Duke Energy power outage shut down the Highlands grid, I have had a number of suggestions and questions about the issue. Let me respond to several of these items as best I can.

Spring Break is a highlight of the school year for both students and teachers.

Thirty years, a snowstorm unlike anything anyone on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau had ever seen, and a momentous celebration to commemorate both.

At last Thursday’s meeting, the Highlands Town Board approved a number of items that will now move forward. Let me review several major decisions that were made.

Last Thursday, the town board and staff conducted an all-day budget workshop, aka the Highlands Town Retreat.  This event signaled the start of the budget process for the coming year.  It will be f