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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Chocolate Cook-Off at Cashiers Community Library

The Friends of the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library will stage their immensely popular Chocolate Cook-Off at the library on Saturday, February 17.  This year’s cook-off promises to offer all of the hallmarks of this annual event – newly-minted recipes that demonstrate an artist’s commitment to her craft, cherished dishes that evoke a flood of deeply sensual memories, and a beguiling …

Dive-In Movies at Highlands Rec Park

Grab your swimsuits and towels and head to the Highlands Rec Park Pool Complex for Dive-In Movies, held the first Friday of every month. Sure, lots of water parks hold movies in the summer, but it’s thanks to the enclosed and heated pool and deck that Highlands can offer this family-friendly fun all year round.  The water is a balmy 82 …

Old Edwards’ We Love Locals Promotion

If you live in Macon, Jackson, Transylvania, or Rabun counties, you no doubt feel blessed simply to live here. Well, here’s another reason to rejoice –  the Old Edwards Inn and Spa’s winter promotion, “We Love Locals.” January through March, Sundays through Thursdays, local residents can enjoy special rates at this award-winning hotel. If the winter blahs have you dreaming …


Highlands’ Ice Skating Rink

When you think about ice skating, do you see yourself padded down with helmet, gloves, and body armor, with the puck on its way to the net as you make the winning goal?  Or do you see yourself dressed in a sparkling ice-blue costume, wowing the crowd with your perfectly executed triple axel? It’s good to have dreams.  Even if …

Sapphire Valley’s Annual Outhouse Race

Whatever else you do or don’t, please make sure that you join Sapphire Valley Resort for its annual end-of-the-ski-season Outhouse Race, an afternoon of wacky fun for the whole family. What is an outhouse race you ask?  Well, imagine watching someone dressed in a crazy outfit, climb into a decorated outhouse built on skis, sit on a toilet seat, and …

2017 Was Cookin’!

Each month, writer Jenny King features the cherished recipes from some of our most treasured friends. Click through the slideshow above to view all of 2017’s recipes. Have you tried any? What are your favorites?


Highlands Chamber of Commerce: Crank Up Your Camera

In the past few months, Highlands Chamber of Commerce members have been bubbling with excitement over their new branding strategy.  By hiring a specialized team to tweak their ideas, including adding a social media component, the members were able to expand and improve the chamber’s core concept. It’s one thing to know social media makes communication instantaneous.  It’s another thing …

The Village Green: A Park for the People

For 25 years, The Village Green has been a park for the people.  The founders set out to create a free, public space that would enhance the community’s mountain lifestyle.  Since that time, residents, and visitors to the Cashiers area have benefited from this shared public green space.  The Village Green is celebrating its Silver Jubilee Anniversary as a vibrant …

Highlands Food Pantry: Feeding The Needs

The Highlands Food Pantry is a partner agency with MANNA Food Bank of Western North Carolina, all being part of the federally funded Feed America Program.  Unfortunately, with the current natural disasters that have affected various parts of the country, we are finding our once-steady supply of food being cut back at a time when our local needs are rising.  …


Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust: The Best Gift of All

Sitting on Santa’s lap you muster up all your courage and whisper what you hope to receive under the tree this year even though you’re kind of freaked out that his beard is so big and his elves are hovering over you like cheerful yet slightly intimidating bouncers at the gates of the North Pole.  Ah, the giving season is here! …

Cashiers Highlands Humane Society, From Islands to Mountains

On October 19, the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society joined forces with three other animal welfare organizations creating a four-state response to help rescue dogs from Puerto Rico.   Joining CHHS from North Carolina was the Atlanta Humane Society (Georgia), Nashville Humane Association (Tennessee), and the Charleston Animal Society (South Carolina).  All four groups met in Atlanta to greet a very special …

Mountains & A Molehill at Forever Farm

As another year comes to an end at the Friends for Life Forever Farm, two of our residents, Tony and Jack, sit as newfound friends in the doorway of the main dog building on a rainy day, contemplating their life at the sanctuary.   Tony is a sweet old beagle that somehow ended up at our local county shelter a …