The organizers of the new Highlands Bank are prominent community members. In addition to Mayor Janet Morrison, and Rosita Gilsenan of Warwick, N.Y., they include John V.Bosma of Boz Electrical Contractors, Vernon; Thomas Bove of A-bove Environmental Services, Vernon; Thomas M. Brennan, Jr. of Brennan Contractors, Hamburg; Paul F. Castellano of Allstate Blasting, Hamburg; Philip Chiang of Wok n’ Sushi, Franklin; William A. Faustini of Phillips-Glenwood, Vernon; Andrew J. Mulvihill of Mountain Resort Properties, Vernon; Gail Mulvihill of New Vernon; Reginald F. Phillips of R.S. Phillips Steel, Vernon; Edward H. Rolando of Earth-Tec Associates, Vernon; Martin Theobald of Heaven Hill Farm, Vernon; and Bruce D. Zaretsky, of Glenwood Homes, Inc. Vernon. Organizers from other communities include Rosalind Davidowitz, Frank R. Dayton, Thomas C. Dayon, David M. Lichtman, Carl C. Nielsen, Calvin F. Theobald, Perry F. Theobald, Douglas Verduin, Joseph Vetere, and David S. Wei. The bank has more to celebrate than simply its opening. George Irwin, the bank’s president, and Mary Meyers, who has served for the past year and a half as Irwin’s secretary, plan to marry in mid-February. For more information on the bank’s opening, please turn to page 29.