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Happenings at the Hudson
This year, Highlands Hudson Library celebrates two anniversaries – 135 years since its founding and 75 years since the beginning of the Fontana Regional Library System. What started as a bookmobile service in 1944 and as a way to provide library service to the Tennessee Valley Authority workers finishing the Fontana Dam, the Fontana Library System, now supports six libraries …
Fontana’s 75th Anniversary
Fontana Regional Library System, which includes Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library and Hudson Library, is celebrating 75 years of service to its communities. “Even though FRL was established during World War II, the seeds for its existence were planted during the 1930s and the Great Depression,” says ACCCL Librarian Serenity Richards. “The New Deal’s Civilian Conservation Corps brought young men and …
Breakfast with Santa
Highlands United Methodist Church will continue its holiday tradition of hosting Breakfast with Santa, set for Saturday, December 14, at 8:30 A.M. in the church’s Faith and Fellowship Center. Since space is limited, plan to make reservations by calling (828) 526-3376 by December 11. After a hearty breakfast, the children gather in front of the decorated Christmas tree …
HIghlands Ice Rink
Highlands is blessed to have many amenities not often seen in tiny mountain communities. Thanks to the generosity of a host of people, we have a year-round pool, a skate park, and an ice skating rink, among others. If you’ve never before had the opportunity to fly around the ice, Highlands is the perfect place to try it. There are …
A Christmas Carol Sing
Everyone is invited to a Christmas Carol Sing at Highlands First Presbyterian Church at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, December 7, after the Highlands Christmas Parade. Stell Huie will be the song leader with Angie Jenkins at the piano. If you enjoy singing familiar Christmas Carols, you will definitely want to make this a part of your Christmas tradition. Later at 4:00 …
Olde Mountain Christmas Parade
The annual Highlands Olde Mountain Christmas Parade is held this year on Saturday, December 7, at 11:00 A.M. As in previous incarnations, it’ll be a celebration winding its way down Main Street, with virtually every Highlander either somewhere in the parade itself or viewing from the sidelines. The mayor and members of the Town Board make an appearance, followed …
Winter Photo Cover Contest
If you’re paying attention, you know that life on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau offers sights of stunning beauty on an almost daily basis — especially during this season of wonders. Whether it’s a moment of transcendence offered by the natural world that’s our heritage, or the frost-pinched faces of our neighbors as they make their way through the winter, there’s beauty …
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Highland Rec Park’s Swimming Pool has just the tonic for you, if you’re just not feeling the Christmas Spirit, as though you’re heart is two sizes too small. You’re invited to Highlands Pool’s Dive In Movie, slated for Friday, December 6, to witness the Jim Carey version of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” For those of you unfamiliar with the …
Community Holiday Programs
A holiday program will be presented at Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library on Monday, December 16, at 7:00 P.M. with local presenters delivering reflections of Christmas from around the world. There’ll be music, heartfelt memories, a healthy dose of laughter, and, afterwards, refreshments and lively conversation. The evening is free and open to everyone. On Thursday evening, December 12, the Highlands Cashiers …
Christmas Chorale
Vocalists from throughout Western North Carolina will gather to perform the Highlands Community Chorale’s concert at 5:00 P.M. Saturday and Sunday, December 14 and 15, at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation. Though it’s billed as the “Highlands” Community Chorale, the group enjoys the talented voices of artists gathered both here on the Plateau and far beyond. They’re under the …
Nominate Your Super Woman
Next year marks the centennial of America granting women the right to vote. We can’t imagine how on earth the Land of the Free denied this basic right to half of its population to until well into the 20th Century. Here’s a little fact that’ll confound your sensibilities – women in Afghanistan were allowed to vote one year prior to …
