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Reinventing Her Restaurant
March 17, 2020. The celebratory sounds of a traditional St Patrick’s Day celebration were silenced today as North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper halted dine-in service across Highlands. In its place, you could barely hear the air sucked out of the lungs of local restaurateurs – the hard-working folks who had spent decades serving the community. Meritage Bistro owner Andrea Schmitt …
Celebrate Your Voice
Like the rest of the world, my life seemed to completely change in the matter of days. I was a second semester junior at college. Before I was sent home from school in March I was living in an apartment on campus, I was working hard, getting good grades, and enjoying living with my significant other for the first time …
Time is an Abundant Luxury
Time is the fourth dimension after the three spatial dimensions. In Newtonian physics time moves forward, never backwards, and cannot be speeded up or slowed down. In human experience, however, time crawls, hangs heavy, drags by, creeps up, passes quickly, runs out, flies and slips away. While home sheltering during this pandemic, many people find they have “time on their …
Who’s Behind The Masks
When beautiful art binds with perfect function, the result is fantastic craft. Nan and her mother, Nok, have joined creative forces to produce an indispensable creation in these troubled times…fashionable, protective face masks, custom-designed for men, women, and children, all ages, all sizes. Eleven years ago Nan flew from Thailand to Western North Carolina with a student visa in …
Coming through Renewed
Since the real estate market is fundamental to the Plateau’s economic health, the arrival of the Coronavirus and its social distancing mandates added another layer of anxiety to an already shaken population. “All of a sudden, all of us in real estate were dead in the water,” says Terry Potts, owner of Country Club Properties. “Of course, everyone closed their …
Wear, Wait & Wash
Business as we knew it has been disrupted but there’s something mystical about mountains, flowing streams, moss covered paths and old growth forests of birch, hickory, oak, and maple trees and you’ll find that in abundance in Highlands. And this mysticism has been calling people here for centuries. Worldwide, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought travel and tourism to a near-standstill, …
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Coming together in times of crisis is one of the things that makes Highlands such a special place to live. Never has this been more evident than during the recent and ongoing Covid-19 crisis. The Highlands Chamber of Commerce has been instrumental in devising ways to help our community weather these unusual times. A suggestion was made to start a …
Plant for The Plateau
When the founders of Highlands drew up their plans for this tiny corner of Western North Carolina, they envisioned that the fertile meadows of Horse Cove and the Flats, the temperate climate, and abundant rainfall would allow the community to develop as an important agricultural hub. Well, Mssrs. Kelsey and Hutchinson may have been a little too ambitious in their …
Community Care Clinic
The 2020 global pandemic has altered, either temporarily or irrevocably, the way organizations and businesses operate. Executive Director Jerry Hermanson of Community Care Clinic of Highlands-Cashiers is not certain which will be the case, but for now there are operational procedures in place to protect the health and safety of patients and staff as COVID-19 continues to threaten. Community …
All in This Together
Few things have tested the mettle and resilience of our community like the ongoing COVID-19 crisis which has affected all our lives and livelihoods in one way or another. Few understand this better than Mayor Patrick Taylor who, in conjunction with our town board, has dedicated countless hours planning policies to keep our community safe and our businesses viable. Determining …
Food Pantry Food Drive
This year, Fishes & Loaves Food Pantry’s annual fundraising breakfast has been cancelled due to Coronavirus concerns, a disappointment because not only does that mean the pantry is losing out on the monies raised at its biggest fundraiser, but also because the food pantry is facing unprecedented demand for its resources. To help to fill that painful shortfall, Fishes & …
Highlands Twilight Race
On August 15, Highlanders have a chance to wage a battle against their athletic abilities while relishing a gorgeous summer evening, racing through the beauty of the mountains and the idyllic scenery of the Highlands plateau. Runners in the Highlands Twilight Race can sign up for the event distancing of their choice: The 5K course, which takes runners through beautiful …
