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The Summit Farmers’ Market, everyone’s favorite, opened on May 13, and will take place every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p....
Even with the threat of a Nor'easter on the way, more than 100 volunteers came out to clean up Summit's parks and trails on Sa...
A single person can make a difference. Consider Johnny Chapman, familiarly known as Johnny Appleseed. When the United States was a...
During the past year, members and friends of the Summit Environmental Commission have been writing articles and blog posts about many ...
Reeves-Reed Arboretum (RRA) horticulture expert Shari Edelson graciously agreed to answer questions on how changes in the weather and ...
The beautiful tree-lined streets of Summit should be safe places for people to walk but, particularly in the last few years, there hav...
True confession: I love my Kindle. Especially when we travel, having books on the small, convenient Kindle lightens the load considera...
Valentine's Day is a retailer's dream. Driven by love, or possibly guilt, people run out to stores to load up on those traditi...
Take a look in your frig vegetable drawer. How many questionable vegetables are in there? A half of a red pepper, a third of a head of...
We pay a lot of attention to outdoor air pollutants like smog, carbon dioxide, and ozone but, especially during the winter, we spend m...
I can hear you groan from here. Who doesn't hate thinking about New Year's resolutions? But beyond the "I will lose weigh...
So the gifts are bought (wishful thinking for some, I know), and you're ready to set the stage for the holidays by dressing up you...
Holiday lights and decorations are going up, Christmas carols are wafting through the air, and Santa is coming to town. Perhaps you ha...
The double whammy of Hurricane Irene and the October 29 snowstorm left many homes in Summit without power for a week each time. People...
An afternoon of interfaith music, song and dance, poetry and visual Arts in many mediums will be held on Sunday, November 6, 2011 from...
If you’ve never been to the Summit Free Market, you are missing out on a fantastic community event! From 8am to 3pm a...
After a brutally hot, rainy and humid summer and September, the fall crispness is a welcome relief. An added plus is the brief period ...
Paper, paper everywhere: newspapers, catalogs, magazines, bills, bank statements, school notices, work product. They pile up so quickl...
We're entering the time of year when events abound--back-to-school nights, tailgates, fund-raisers, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and D...
When you hear "vegetarian," do you think "tofu"? Does the thought of tofurkey for Thanksgiving make you swear neve...
Most colleges and universities have made sustainability an integral part of campus life. Nearby Drew University, for example, prides i...
Think of all the good that oceans do for the global population, providing protein-rich food for millions, livelihoods for many, multip...
In a time when environmental awareness and concerns about personal health are on the rise, the amount of deceivingly dangerous materia...
For safe summer fun, you want to protect your skin. After all, more than one million new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in the Uni...
After moving back from California and entering Summit High School as a new student, my mother strongly encouraged me to find a way to ...