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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See You at the Tea – Highlands United Methodist Church

Mary Alice Monroe is the featured speaker for Highlands United Methodist Church’s fifth annual Author’s Tea, set for Saturday, June 23 from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.  in the church’s new Faith and Fellowship Center.   Call the church office at (828) 526-3376 or Event Chair Gay Kattel at (828) 526-2746 to buy your ticket for $25 each.  If you …

Music Trails in Highlands NC

Spring makes us all want to rush outdoors and shake the mantle of the cold, gray winter from our shoulders. If you’re looking for a great time when you can be outdoors joining your friends, family and neighbors listening to great music, look no further than the Friday Night Live and Saturdays on Pine concerts, of course.   Friday Night …

Know Your Bio, Highlands Biological Station

The Highlands Biological Station begins to buzz with workshops, family activities, and academic courses in May as our summer season begins.  From one-day workshops curated for the Highlands resident or visitor to an evening search for salamanders with the whole family, the station is a great place for you to visit this month.   Join us on May 25 for …


Music, Food and Fun at Zoller Hardware

The excitement surrounding the arrival of Memorial Day weekend rivals that of Thanksgiving, or even Christmas.  For residents of Cashiers and Highlands, it signals the end of the frigid winter and wet spring, and heralds the beginning of another glorious summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains.  Businesses all across the area prepare to celebrate the holiday and welcome our seasonal …

Pots on The Green | Cashiers NC

Do you know someone that always finds the coolest stuff?  Like a beautiful porcelain mug, or that incredible vase in their foyer?  Some people seem to have a knack for finding unique and interesting things for their home, and I can never figure out where they find them.  Local potter Justin Allman of Firemoss Pottery has set out to change …

One for the Road, Highlands Motoring Festival

The Highlands Motoring Festival weekend, June 7-10, is always one of the Southeast’s premier auto shows, but its Special Interest category, which changes every year, offers several cars that you’ll have little chance to see anywhere else.  This year’s Special Interest class, Vintage Race Cars, has several entries that organizers are particularly excited about. NASCAR fans, start your engines and don’t …


Garden Club Plant Sale

It’s common knowledge that you shouldn’t start planting at this elevation until after Mother’s Day, and the Mountain Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale heralds the unofficial beginning of a lush growing season. On Saturday May 26, from 9:00 A.M. until noon at the Highlands Ball Field, members and friends of the club will have a wide variety of native plants …

It’s the Grooviest : Cashiers NC

Tune in to the sounds of summer during Cashiers popular concert series, Groovin’ On the Green.  This season welcomes a lineup of favorite performers and exciting new talent to the stage.  Blankets and lawn chairs cover the green with happy people.  Or, you can kick off your shoes and dance in the grass. That’s what “Groovin’” is all about. Groovin’ …

New Owners Buy Mountain Fresh Grocery

After almost 11 years, ownership of Mountain Fresh Grocery store on Main Street was passed on once again. On Monday, husband and wife-team Steve and Jennifer Snead-Smith of Richmond, Va., closed the deal on the purchase. The two left the corporate world behind and searched all over the country for the perfect business to buy. Throughout their search they looked …


High Elevation & Elation, Highlands Chamber of Commerce

There’s something magical about going up to a mountaintop.  The Highlands Chamber of Commerce knows how to optimize that symbolism by providing peak experiences so entertaining, visitors are compelled to come back year after year. The Plateau has become a highly celebrated destination, grabbing national attention.  One of Highlands’ most outstanding treasures is its pool of exceptionally talented chefs and …

The New Classics, Classic Links & Luggage

Classic Links and Luggage, the Plateau’s go-to active-wear and luggage shop, is known for its exceptional array of brand name clothing, fine luggage, and warm, friendly service.  Owners Vance and Elena Wood recently made shopping at Classic Links and Luggage more convenient. They moved it to the heart of Highlands at 381 Main Street, the former gallery of Robert A. …

Bring It To Light, Gray Lighting & Woodwork

Master craftsman Gordon Gray and his gifted wife, Judy, are lighting up Western North Carolina with Gray Lighting & Woodwork, Cashiers’ one-of-a-kind lighting, furnishings with character, and illumination store at the Commons. The Grays believe anything is fair game for a lighting fixture.  Do you have a stunning piece of driftwood that you can’t part with?  Let Gordon make it …