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Hawkwatch International will give the public a chance to meet and take photos of raptors when it visits Summit Community Gardens next week.

Summit County is moving forward with a short-term rental conversion program in an effort to increase the number of long-term rental units available in the county. The program was first proposed back in June when...

Diners enjoy a freshly cooked and locally sourced dinner on a summer night during the Summit Community Gardens Dinner in the Garden Series. The series, which starts on June 3, features healthy meals created by chefs from local eateries and serves as a fundraiser for the nonprofit. Courtesy of Summit Community Gardens Summit Community Gardens Executive Director Sloane Johnson invites Park City to enjoy a freshly cooked and locally sourced dinner on a summer night in the garden. The Dinner in the...

Courtesy of Patrick Schirf Knowing the relationships between natural predators and their prey can be beneficial for personal gardens and the world’s ecology, says wildlife educator Patrick Schirf. “Starting small in your backyard is a more tangible way of helping people understand what those relationships can look like, because using pesticides and rodenticides can move up the food chain and have a drastic impact on your backyards, as well as the nature around you,” said Schirf, an ecolog...

Summit Community Bank, based in Moorefield, West Virginia, recently announced it will build a branch office along 5th Avenue in Huntington on the site of the former Pizza Hut restaurant near the Marshall University football stadium. On Friday, Summit announced it will acquire four branches in Huntington and Charleston from MVB Bank of Fairmont, West Virginia. As part of that, construction of the 5th Avenue branch has been delayed. Sholten Singer | The Herald-Dispatch

Alexis Sincere via Storyful/ AP The Pentlands moved in in June 2020. Then this week, as Black Lives Matter protesters gathered outside, vandals broke at least one window and a light fixture and tossed garbage at the home, and police ushered the family to a safe location. The Pentlands have not responded to repeated Fox News requests for comment.  "The behavior and conduct of Mr. Pentland is not condoned by The Summit Community and in-fact strongly condemned by the Board, and members of t...

TAUNTON — Pastor Edna Isaac of Casa de Adoracion church in Taunton is running for Taunton City Council for a second time.  "I love my community and I am willing to serve to the best of my abilities," she said in a statement. "I have some expertise that will benefit many and aid in the process of decision making for the right choice when the time approaches."  Isaac, 48, said she is passionate about working on issues like youth services, education, infrastructure — especially for peopl...

September 2021 In September 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a Food Systems Summit to launch bold new actions to transform the way the world produces and consumes food, delivering progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Food systems touch every aspect of human existence. The health of our food systems profoundly affects the health of our bodies, as well as the health of our environment, our economies and our cultures. But too many of the world’s foo...

Public Health Director Amy Wineland, left, and her mother Mickie Parsons pose for a photo at a vaccine drive on Dec. 27 at the county bus barn in Frisco. Parsons said she has volunteered at 10 drives, where shes been able to administer vaccines. Photo from Mickie Parsons After experiencing a year of uncertainty and stress, some Summit County locals found themselves jumping at the opportunity to volunteer for the county’s COVID-19 vaccination effort. Since the county held its first drive-thru ...

For all the obstacles and challenges we face in the weeks and months ahead, I start 2021 with a tremendous sense of optimism and hope that the growling in our stomachs and the yearning in our hearts can become the collective roar of defiance, of determination and of revolution to make this year better than last, and the future brighter than the past.  It starts with food, the most primal form of sustenance. It is food that determines the health and prospects of 1.35 billion Africans and counti...