Cashiers NC

Chef Sandra Stefani brings Tuscan tradition to clients’ homes with custom Italian dinners and hands‑on cooking classes shaped by decades of culinary experience.

Haley Deetz recognized what Highlands was missing: a space where lingerie shopping transforms from awkward necessity to empowering celebration. Her fifth-generation entrepreneurial instincts led to something unprecedented – Haley’s Fine Lingerie, a boutique where every woman’s size and shape finds not just accommodation but genuine reverence.

In this month’s feature, Clarissa shifts from the July issue’s focus on the emotional craft of hospitality to the tangible, curated elements of atmosphere, showing how lighting, sound, texture, scent, and pacing work together to shape the dining experience.

BGCP launches its free 2026–2027 after‑school program, offering academic support, enrichment, and safe transportation for local youth.

Cashiers‑Highlands Humane Society has promoted longtime team member Jodi Henkel to Assistant Executive Director, recognizing her 13 years of service and leadership across animal care, community outreach, and staff development.

Anna Gage Norton’s On Nochaway blends photography, memory, and ecology to explore how one family’s land reveals both personal history and the long‑lived story of the longleaf pine.

This space has described how, in 1909, the predecessor organization to the Highlands‑Cashiers Land Trust saved the summit of Satulah Mountain from development (November 2025). But there’s more to the story — once conserved, the mountain continued to play an important role in protecting the natural resources of our area.

September brings peak raptor and songbird migration to the Highlands–Cashiers Plateau, highlighted by Hawk Migration Week from September 12–20, when Broad‑winged Hawks, warblers, and other species move through the region.

A legendary waterfall and a historic railroad tunnel sit just off Highway 28, offering quick access to Issaqueena Falls and the first quarter mile of Stumphouse Tunnel.