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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 this community," Summit’s HOA Board President Justin Martin said in a statement on the association'...

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 people with disabilities and mental health issues. "As a city councilor, I will be willing to work along...

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 food systems are fragile, unexamined and vulnerable to collapse, as millions of people around the globe...

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 she's 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 vaccination event on Dec. 26, volunteers from the Summit Community and Senior Center have been a ma...

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 counting. It is food that employs more than half a billion in African agriculture alone and offers the p...