Teen Hit by Car, Superintendent to Leave District in 2015 Top Local News

Driver Flees After Hitting Summit Teen

A Summit High School student was struck by a car that fled the scene shortly after 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, police said.

Nathan Parker, Summit Schools Superintendent, to Resign in 2015

Summit Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. Nathan Parker, will leave the district at the end of the 2014-15 school year, it was announced at Thursday evening's Board of Education meeting. 

Kennedy Cousin, Convicted of Killing Summit Resident's Daughter, Free on Bond

On Thursday, Michael Skakel walked out of the Stamford Superior Courthouse sans cuffs but heavier one GPS tracking bracelet as he was granted a $1.2 million bond during is recently granted retrial. 

Skakel, now 53 years old, spent 11 of those years a prisoner, convicted in 2002 of killing his neighbor Martha Moxley, daughter of Summit resident Dorthy Moxley, with a golf club in the exclusive Belle Haven section of Greenwich on Halloween Eve in 1975, when both were 15 years old. 

Summit Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. Nathan Parker, will leave the district at the end of the 2014-2015 school year, it was announced at Thursday evening's Board of Education meeting. 

More Full-Day, Tuition-Based Kindergarten Information Offered

The Summit Public School District is offering additional information about the recently-approved tuition-based, full-day kindergarten pilot program, which will begin in the 2014-2015 school year. 

Summit Park & Shop Improvement Project Wins Award

The City of Summit, NJ Engineering Department has been recognized by the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers as a second place recipient in the Municipal Construction Management Projects “F” category. 

Take a Closer Look at the Merck Campus

Following a meeting held last week between Merck officials, Summit Mayor Ellen Dickson, Common Council President Rich Madden and City Administrator Chris Cotter, William Mayo, Director of Global Real Estate at Merck, provided the attached brochure, offering an in-depth look at Merck's 90-acre campus. 

Summit Decks the Halls For Holiday Season

Department of Public Works employees were busy dressing up downtown Summit Tuesday morning. 

Community Center Proposal Offers Multiple Options For Possible Renovation 

Judith Leblein Josephs, director of the Department of Community Programs, together with architect David Rosen of The Rosen Group, presented a variety of options for the proposed renovation of the Summit Community Center at Monday evening's Common Council meeting.