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When an emergency comes our way, it’s how we respond at that moment that may determine whether everyone in your family gets out alive. Whether it’s a house fire, flood, or an F5 tornado that’s ripping and tearing its way down your street, everyone in your family needs to be ready for it. You may not like the idea of scaring your 5-year-old about emergencies, but storms, fires, and floods aren’t going to wait around for them to grow up.  Keep reading to discover emergency tips every family needs.  Emergency Tips Every Family Needs  Talking with your children now about...

Closing Gift Ideas For Realtors and Clients To Win Loyalty Buying your client a realtor closing gift is a nice gesture to say thank you for allowing them to assist in the buying or selling of a home. Before we even get into anything to do with a closing gift it’s important to note that it’s not a referral fee gesture. By that I mean a realtor shouldn’t give the client a closing gift as a push for referrals. There are six areas that I want to address with-in the real estate industry between a realtor and client. Do I...

When food editor, Kat Odell tells us she has a cookie recipe we need to try, we grab a whisk without blinking. Lately, chocolate chip cookies with tahini have been the cookie du jour, but this little hazelnut chocolate chip version might just change all that... Like most people in the world, I love chocolate chip cookies. And, I believe people fall into two camps: those who reach for the chewy, gooey center, partially unbaked kind (me!), and those who prefer a crisp, crunchy bite. These gluten-free cookies––which, let me add, could convince any wheat-eater that there’s actual flour in...

Fun fact about me…I am allergic to bananas. At least raw bananas. I have been ever since I was a baby. At the time, banana was considered THE quintessential first food for baby. So of course my mom fed it to me when I was old enough to start solids…only to be horrified a half hour later by the angry looking rash spreading on my skin from head to toe. I have never liked the taste of bananas, so they’ve been fairly easy to avoid. From time to time I’ve tested them again, just to see if I’ve outgrown the...

Courtesy of Chris Young At the end of March, Centenary Stage Company‘s two 3D printers sat unused in storage. The theater company, located on the Centenary University campus, had recently purchased the printers for prop fabrication but didn’t have an opportunity to use them for such due to the Covid-19 shutdown of nonessential businesses. But since the beginning of April, the printers have been running almost nonstop. The general manager of the Hackettstown theater, Chris Young, teamed with his brother John Young to launch a face shield–creating initiative. After learning about the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health-care workers, John, who...