PCC Community Markets Downtown Seattle Location to Open on January 19, 2022

PCC Community Markets Downtown Seattle Location to Open on January 19, 2022

SEATTLE – PCC Community Markets (PCC), one of Seattle’s original supermarkets and the largest community-owned food market in the US, announced that it will open its downtown Seattle location on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 The cooperative brings its high product standards to the downtown community as the neighborhood rebuilds from the challenges of the COVID-19 … Read more

Pepper’s Landing Restaurant Coming To Downtown Old Town

Pepper’s Landing Restaurant Coming To Downtown Old Town

I wonder what’s going on at the old Boomhouse restaurant in that big space on Main Street in downtown Old Town? Ask me no more. Renovations are underway and in a couple of months that space will be the next Pepper’s Landing restaurant. Interesting. There are Pepper’s Landing locations in Brunswick and also in Rochester, … Read more

Here are the reasons why organic food is more expensive

Here are the reasons why organic food is more expensive

ALBANY – Have you ever been to the grocery store and noticed that products with organic labels often have higher price tags than the same items without that label? They do, but there are reasons for the difference. Take, for example, a few items in a local supermarket. A pack of two organic cucumbers can … Read more

MI You Gotta Fight For Your Right to Vote, A Man In Oshtemo Is

MI You Gotta Fight For Your Right to Vote, A Man In Oshtemo Is

In 2019, a man from Oshtemo Township named Tom Graham began his run for the Michigan House of Representatives. Once he got involved in the race and started campaigning, he found that many Oshtemo Township residents were unhappy with the way the Township was trying to implement a sewer expansion project. The municipality had just … Read more

PCC Community Markets Sets Date for Downtown Seattle Store Opening

PCC Community Markets Sets Date for Downtown Seattle Store Opening

PCC Community Markets has revealed that it will open its long-awaited location in downtown Seattle on Wednesday, January 19 at 9 a.m., as the community recovers from the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are delighted to welcome PCC to Downtown Seattle,” said Downtown Seattle Association President and CEO Jon Scholes. “This is an exciting … Read more

The Best Vegan Protein Sources 

The Best Vegan Protein Sources 

As long as people keep asking about it, we’ll keep talking about protein. The topic is a seemingly endless black hole of conversation when it comes to vegan diets, but it doesn’t really have to be that complicated. A vegan diet can contain a large number of protein sources, and there is no need to … Read more

Nine Out of Left Field New Jersey Claims to Fame You Can’t Rememb

Nine Out of Left Field New Jersey Claims to Fame You Can't Rememb

We live in New Jersey, but do we even know it? You’ve probably heard these facts about our beloved Garden State growing up, but you certainly forgot about a lot of them! Of course, we all know that New Jersey is the Garden State (um, I reminded you about six seconds ago). Do you know, … Read more

Build Healthy Habits in the Kitchen With These 5 Vegetarian Cooking Tips

Build Healthy Habits in the Kitchen With These 5 Vegetarian Cooking Tips

Adobe Stock | Photo by exclusive design Learn how to incorporate delicious vegetarian cooking practices into your cooking routine with tips from the Catskill Animal Sanctuary. Chef Linda-Soper Kolton of Catskill Animal Sanctuary’s Compassionate Cooking program and Chef Sara Boan, formerly of Catskill Animal Sanctuary, provide simple vegetarian cooking guidelines for an enhanced cooking experience. … Read more

Clear differences between organic and non-organic food, study finds | Organics

Organic foods have more antioxidant compounds linked to better health than regular foods and lower levels of toxic metals and pesticides, according to the most comprehensive scientific analysis to date. The international team behind the work suggests that switching to organic fruits and vegetables could provide the same benefits as adding one or two servings … Read more

DEP says Sparta, NJ bear to be euthanized when caught

DEP says Sparta, NJ bear to be euthanized when caught

SPARTA – The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection said a black bear that first attacked a dog, then its elderly owner, will be euthanized if Division of Fish and Wildlife officials can capture it. That statement was given by DEP spokesman Larry Hajna to NJ.com, in an update that further reported that the 81-year-old … Read more

Hong Kong Bans Flights, Imposes Other COVID-19 Restrictions

Hong Kong Bans Flights, Imposes Other COVID-19 Restrictions

By ZEN SOO, Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong authorities have announced a two-week ban on flights from the United States and seven other countries and are keeping 2,500 passengers on a cruise ship for coronavirus testing as the city tries to stop an emerging omicron outbreak. The two-week ban on passenger flights … Read more

New Jersey 8-year-old is competing on Food Network’s baking show

New Jersey 8-year-old is competing on Food Network's baking show

Benjamin Steinhauser, an 8-year-old from Hillsborough, is competing on national television to be crowned the Children’s Bakery Champion. The Woodfern Elementary School student is one of 12 contestants, ages 8-11, competing in the Food Network Kids Baking Championship. From the network website: Hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli guide these talented young bakers … Read more

Wet, Wintry Weather Whirled Wheels in Waves Wednesday

Wet, Wintry Weather Whirled Wheels in Waves Wednesday

New york state police are investigating “a multitude of weather-related crashes on the Thruway Highway in Westchester and Rockland counties” after freezing rain made roads treacherously slippery this morning. Police say the accident-related calls began with a flurry shortly after 6:00 a.m. They say I-287, I-95 and I-87 were hit with major delays in some … Read more