If our town’s financial lifeblood is its businesses, then the group that promotes business, the Chamber of Commerce, is Highlands’ heart. All year long the Chamber pumps out ideas, plans, […]
The Japanese say you have three faces – the one you show the world; the one you show your family and friends; and the one you never show anyone. If […]
Trout fishermen rejoice! It’s that time of year when the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission releases trout in mountain streams, among them, the Cullasaja River. North Carolina Wildlife Biologist […]
I woke up from a terrible dream. It was one of those reality benders that keeps you teetering on the edge of death, failure, loss, or giving a speech in your […]
This is the first in a series of three articles saluting the botanical history of the Highlands Plateau, based upon research of the Laurel Garden Club’s Land Stewards and Ran […]
With an accomplished photographer’s eye and an understanding of light and chiaroscuro, Daphne Lisenby had an excellent shot at painting. So three years ago she and her husband, both […]
Emma Barrette, sophomore honor student at Highlands High School, loves creating imaginary worlds into which she can dive headfirst. She says, “With art you are free to do whatever, […]
The Marchant-Parker-Davis-Patterson House became the permanent home of the Highlands Chamber of Commerce in 2013. Its provenance is impressive and is reflected in its lengthy name. The home’s history spans […]
When I started teaching high school art I’d pass out college level art history books to my beginning students. Believing students must be exposed to great art in order to […]
In the early 1900s, Highlands’ go-to doc was the highly-regarded Dr. Mary E. Lapham. When she left to head a Red Cross Mission in war-torn Europe, the Red Cross sent […]
