Cheers to a Simpler Christmas

There’s beauty in simplicity when infusing a splash of holiday cheer throughout the house.

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Festival of Lights

Everyone – everyone – is invited to the lighting of the first candle of the Menorah at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park in Highlands on the

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Winter Wonderland

The Village Green and surrounding shops and businesses in Cashiers will be a Glittering Wonderland throughout the grey days and dark, dark nights

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Happening at the Hudson

With Summer in full session, Hudson Library maintains its position as Highlands’ easy antidote to creeping boredom and general listlessness. For children, consider the richness of this calendar: At 10:40 A.M. Thursdays, the library hosts Storytime, which features a fun tale, music, movement, and maybe even a simple lesson. These sessions are perfect for children ages 3 to 5, although …

Double Your Artistic Pleasure

As the summer months roll in, The Bascom: A Center For The Visual Arts announces the opening of two new exhibitions, promising exciting and intriguing visual experiences for returning residents and guests of the Plateau.  In the main floor Bunzl Gallery, ”High Art of The Lowcountry” is the first in a multiyear series for The Bascom highlighting states throughout the Southeast, and …

Safety Symposium

Cashiers Cares will host Tallahassee (Florida) Sheriff Ken Katsaris, a nationally-known criminal law instructor, author, police litigator and educational speaker, at The Orchard Restaurant Barn on Thursday, July 25, from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. In 1966 Katsaris was tapped to set up the first Criminal Justice Education Program at Tallahassee Community College. He then sent many students on to Florida …


Activities at The Library

If you’re one of those parents or grandparents who worries that the kids are spending their summer in front of the television or lost in a screen, Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library has a set of easy solutions.   In fact, all of the solutions involve learning, but they’re so much fun that kids won’t even be aware that there’s an element …

Ice Cream & All That Jazz

The Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival will present a free Children’s/Family Concert, “Just Jazzin’ Around” featuring The Gary Motley Trio, at 3:00 P.M. Thursday, July 25, at First Presbyterian Church on Main Street in Highlands.      The concert will be followed by an Ice Cream Social in the church’s Coleman Hall, sponsored by Kilwin’s of Highlands. Everyone is welcome to attend.  …

Highlands marketplace

When you consider the history of Highlands, you always come back to the story, perhaps apocryphal, about Messrs. Kelsey and Hutchinson pulling out a map and drawing a line from New York to New Orleans and then bisecting that line with one linking Savannah and Chicago. The point where those two lines met, they reasoned, would be a terrific spot …


Plateau Fly Fishing Club Meeting Announcement

The Plateau Fly Fishing Club will meet on Tuesday, July 2nd at 7:00, PM in the Cashiers’ Library large meeting room. Michael Cheek, Asst. Regional Forester for Western NC has been the lead forester on the creation of the new Headwaters State Forest located in Rosman, NC. Michael will present a program entitles Headwaters State Forest – New Recreational and …

Look Good, Feel Good

When you look good, you feel good.  Of course, true happiness comes from within, but there’s no denying the value of a confidence boost from a manicure or pedicure. Besides the increase in self-esteem, there are physical benefits from getting your hands and feet pampered. It’s a great way to destress and get a mini massage. The massage also helps …

Magnolia Concierge Services

When you examine the list of services provided by Magnolia Concierge Services, well, it’s pretty daunting.  They range from the large-scale – home renovation coordination, property maintenance and landscaping supervision, home organization projects, and winterization chores; to the everyday – mail management, pick up and delivery for car repairs, and settling-in services for clients and their houseguests; all the way …


#Trashtag Movement

Coinciding with Earth Day, the Cashiers Area Chamber teamed up with the Highlands Chamber of Commerce and community volunteer David Young on an annual “deep clean” of the shoulders along US Highway 64 West.  Young and his hardworking crew provided the muscle to pick up trash above and below the guardrails on the scenic byway and the chambers underwrote the …

Chamber Grants for the Arts

Highlands is known for its visual beauty. Mother Nature is an outdoor art show open 24/7/365. Every moment boasts a new exhibition. Complementing the natural beauty of the Plateau is the work of fine local artists and craftspersons. The region has always been a haven for painting, pottery, jewelry, fiber-art, weaving, sculpture, folk art, and much more.   But like …

You Will Make the Difference

Big Brothers Big Sisters is a nonprofit United Way agency that specializes in supporting children who face adversity in local communities by matching each child with an individual mentor.  Through events such as the upcoming Fifth Annual Croquet Tournament at the Country Club of Sapphire Valley, the Cashiers chapter is able to provide children with one-on-one mentorships and opportunities they …