I spent Thanksgiving in North Carolina with friends and their 80-something patriarch, Bobby, who was in rare form. While tryptophan in turkey is supposed to have a mellowing effect, it […]
As we celebrate another new year a decade and a half into the millennium (seems like only yesterday we were anticipating the year 2000), it’s interesting to reflect on the […]
PAC is loaded with a theaterful of directorial, choreographic, and costuming genius as it launches the New Year with the spectacular Live in HD Series. First on the extraordinary roster, […]
When Mitchell Metz was five years old, his mom enrolled him in a Colorado Suzuki program and made playing violin part of their daily routine. It’s not easy holding a […]
Julie Osborn has been taking photos around Highlands for years. Sometimes the shots are for her real estate sales. Often they are for chronicling her life. But much of the […]
At the end of Highlands Chamber of Commerce’s 85th year of promoting community enterprise, there is an evolution going on. The Chamber’s focus is shifting from touting Highlands as a […]
He’s not Rudolph, though he is a distant cousin. He’s made several guest appearances on our ridge. North Carolina Wildlife Biologist Justin McVey has identified our almost half-ton visitor as […]
Music sneaked up on Peyton Howell, a quiet, reserved sports-minded young girl. “Other than taking piano lessons for a couple of years as a kid, I never showed much interest in […]
Highlands… the little town high in altitude and generosity. Statistically it’s one of the most charitable communities in North Carolina, if not the nation. So it’s fitting during this month […]
All the women in my family were culinary queens, each vying for the biggest crown. Late winter, in anticipation of the next year’s plantings, harvests, picklings, and preservings, they religiously rifled […]
