Your name(s): Tess Higgins Company name: By Tess Your position: Owner Website: By-Tess.com Phone number: 862-217-4746 Business address: 447 Springfield Ave (second floor) Summit, NJ 07901 What do you like best about the local area? I love the lively and artistic atmosphere of Summit! It’s a great up-and-coming city and the residents have been so excited and supportive in welcoming us to the scene! Describe what your company does. How long has it been in business? I (Tess) have been creating as much as I can for as long as I remember. Food, pottery, jewelry, art… you name it. A few years ago,...

Three Summit High School students have been selected as Finalists in the 2023 competition for National Merit® Scholarship awards. Their names are: Sophia Fu, Ravi Naidu, and Griffin Reinhardt-Hepler. The National Merit® Scholarship Program has now determined which of the 16,000 Semifinalists named in September 2022 met all requirements to advance to Finalist standing in the competition. All Finalists will be considered for National Merit Scholarship Awards to be offered in 2023. The selection of some 7,250 Merit Scholarship® winners from the group of more than 15,000 Finalists is now in progress....

The Visual Art Center of New Jersey’s 90th Anniversary celebration continues as the Art Center prepares for its annual spring gala at Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit on Saturday, April 29. The Shine On: 90th Anniversary Gala, presented by Premier Event Sponsors Chubb and Risk Strategies, is the highlight event of the year-long celebration and will feature live music by Art-Strings Ensemble, a festive cocktail hour, a delicious seated dinner, and the Art Center’s signature silent auction of exciting contemporary art. In addition, celebrity auctioneer, C.K. Swett, will return to host a thrilling...

By Bill Schau – Landscape Solutions Patio pavers can add richness, character, and interest to your hardscaping, and many are eco-friendly. If you’re thinking about creating or upgrading an outdoor living space, you may want to consider these durable and beautiful products to enhance design ideas for your landscape. What are Patio Pavers? A patio paver is a paving stone used to construct outdoor patios, walkways, driveways, retaining walls and other durable landscape features.  They also come in different colors, textures, and styles. These pavers give you tremendous flexibility when planning...

The Summit Board of Education recently welcomed Ms. Jennifer Sykes as the newest member of the Board at the recent Board of Education meeting on February 9, 2023. Ms. Erday will serve on the Education and Policy committees. “Ms. Erday is an engaged member of our Summit community and has volunteered in and around our school district for many years while raising her four children,” said Michael Colón, President of the Summit Board of Education. “Additionally, Ms. Erday has extensive professional experience in the areas of compliance, policy development, people strategy, training and development,...

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.   Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.   The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not be but gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed-and gazed-but little thought What wealth the show...

The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey’s latest exhibition, Olas Caribeñas/Caribbean Waves, is an interdisciplinary initiative that explores the visual art and folklife traditions of the Caribbean diaspora in New Jersey. Works by Caribbean artists Jairo Alfonso and Kevin Darmanie compliment Los Herederos’ Sonicycle, on display now through June 4. Alfonso’s solo show Objectscapes in the Main Gallery is a survey of the artist’s work from the past decade and features large-scale drawings and paintings concerned with the cultural and societal meanings of everyday objects. Darmanie’s piece, Jack &...

There’s no better way to celebrate winter than with the sweet taste of maple syrup!  Families are invited to Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit, New Jersey for its annual Maple Sugaring Fest on Sunday, March 5 from 1 to 4 pm to enjoy a sweet day of family fun.  Visitors will enjoy maple-themed activities including learning how to tap maple trees and how to turn tree sap into delicious maple syrup.  You’ll stand in front of the warm fire where gallons of sap will be boiled down to produce the sweet stuff! Guests will enjoy this brisk afternoon exploring the Arboretum’s woodland trails and partaking...

The basketball program at Chatham High School is on a roll and the games keep getting more exciting. Between both the girls and boys teams, each game is a spectacular performance. You can’t help but immerse your full attention to the court. The teams are stacked with skilled players from all grades. The girls team went undefeated in the Cougar Classic tournament, pulled through with an intense win away vs Montville, and continued to dominate their “Senior Night” game vs Morris Hills. They struggled slightly against some highly-ranked teams like Pope John and St. Rose, but it’s nothing they can’t...