Electric vehicles, typically referred to as EVs, are making inroads into the automotive market, making up about 7.6% of current new car sales in the U.S. Merchantville resident Kerry Miller is an EV owner. In this article, she shares her experience as well as those of her neighbors who also drive EVs.

Existing urban and community areas are losing tree cover at a rate equivalent to approximately 36 million trees annually across the United States, according to The Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Closer to home, Merchantville continues to lose trees at an alarming rate due to flooding, drought, pests, cut roots, as well as intentional removal.

It was a spring evening and we had just finished dinner. Excited about the warmer air that would bring more garden opportunities in the coming days, our conversations moved from spring plantings to tools needed for soil preparation. Speaking of soil, I remembered that I needed to take the food waste from the last couple of

The Merchantville School’s Garden Club has been making remarkable strides towards fostering environmental stewardship and education within our community. The group, led by fifth grade teacher Jennifer Smith, has engaged in several hands-on and educational activities.

This year, the Merchantville School’s Green Team is collaborating with the school’s Art Club to create an environmentally conscious art project. The team’s dedicated members have been hard at work collecting thousands of plastic bottle caps brought into each homeroom.

The idea is simple: instead of allowing these bottle caps to contribute to environmental

Merchantville resident and entrepreneur Patrick Coar, 27, has turned his passion for living simply and his talent for design into a career converting all sorts of vans, and even a bus, into tiny homes on wheels. He has created a booming business doing what he loves and believes in. Best of all, he makes it a routine to spend time