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Peter F. Pabon, Aberdeen, has affiliated his financial planning practice with Sagemark Consulting, a broker dealer and registered investment adviser located at 70 Wood Ave. south, Iselin. Pabon has 20 years of experience in financial services in the areas of investment planning, retirement planning, estate planning and business succession planning.

The Middletown office of Weichert, Realtors, has announced that Gretchen Stevens, Terence Fitzpatrick and Karen Thomas were recognized for industry accomplishments during December.

Stevens led the office in listings. She is a member of Weichert’s Sales and Marketed clubs. Fitzpatrick led the office in the categories of resales, resale revenue units, and resale dollar volume. Thomas led the office in resale marketed listings.

ERA Jersey Homes Realty, Matawan, will take part in the company’s 2004 international business conference next month in Las Vegas. Denny Candler, owner of the Matawan firm, will attend along with several of his agents.

The conference will feature sessions on topics such as improving productivity, new home sales trends, and using technology. The ERA Leadership Team Awards will also be presented to brokers and sales associates.

Michelle M. Sekowski, Middletown, recently joined the law firm of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis and Himmel in its litigation department.

Sekowski served as a summer associate with the firm in 2002. Prior to joining Greenbaum, she served as an intern for Judge P. Harris Hines of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and Judge Louis F. Locasio of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County. She graduated cum laude from the University of Richmond (Va.), and received her law degree with honors at Emory University School of Law, Atlanta. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Greenbaum has offices in Woodbridge and Roseland.

Home Away From Home Academy, Matawan, will hold its science fair for students in grades K-2 Jan. 31 from noon-3 p.m. at the Don Quixote Inn, 762 Route 34, Matawan. Featured will be projects on conducting weather, electricity and earth science experiments.

The Center for Holocaust Studies at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft section of Middletown, recently received a $9,500 Sunfield Foundation grant to create a permanent Monmouth County Holocaust survivor archive. The archive will feature Holocaust survivor testimonials in written and electronic formats, which will be available as part of the center’s educational materials. For more information on the 25-year-old Center for Holocaust Studies, call (732) 224-2769.

Noreen Bodman, Middletown, president of The Jersey Shore Partnership, Sandy Hook, has been elected to the board of directors of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association and American Coastal Coalition.

The Coalition is an advocacy and lobbying group for the nation’s coastal states on shore protection issues in Washington, D.C. The nonprofit Jersey Shore Partnership is an independent partner of New Jersey Business and Industry Association.

Bodman became president of the Jersey Shore Partnership in 2002. The Partnership acts as an advocate, legislative and regulatory, state and federal, with respect to those issues that are unique and important to Jersey Shore coastal communities.

PNC Bank in conjunction with Stop & Shop recently opened a new Stop & Shop supermarket at 1137 Lloyd Road, Matawan. The supermarket branch of PNC will offer banking seven days a week, an ATM machine, and full-time staff. During the grand opening weekend, PNC Bank gave a $1,000 check to Matawan-Aberdeen Regional High School.

Bank hours are Monday-Friday from 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

The Holmdel office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has announced that associates Aleta Galusha, Marianne Sekowski, Carol Kettyle-Demarest, Steven Schuman, Cheryl Laperriere and Alice Houston have completed the Buyers Sales Strategy course conducted by the Council of Residential Specialists of the National Association of Realtors. The course was facilitated by Ann Wiltz, a sales associate with the Holmdel/Colts Neck office.

The course is one of a series of components required to qualify for certified residential specialist designation.

Bayshore Community Health Services, Holmdel, has announced that Michael A. Serluco has joined the Board of Trustees for Bayshore Community Hospital and the Board of Directors for Bayshore Health Care Management Corp. He is a principal at Serluco and Co. LLC, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants, Holmdel. The firm was founded in 1984 by his father, Richard J. Serluco. Prior to that, Michael Serluco was a senior accountant at Deloitte & Touche, Parsippany.

Serluco received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Maryland School of Business Administration, College Park, and is a licensed certified public accountant in New Jersey and New York. He spent most of his life in the Holmdel area, and currently resides in Freehold with his wife, Jennifer, and their two children.

The Leadership Shore program of the Brookdale and Monmouth-Ocean Development Council, Lincroft, recently held graduation for its class of 2003.

Area graduates are Fatima Potente, Hazlet, from the Hispanic Affairs & Resource Center, Howell; and Tricia Rumola, Middletown, from Red Bank RiverCenter.

Students are from civic, public, private, for-profit and nonprofit organizations and businesses. The program began in 1996 to tap leadership potential in Monmouth and Ocean counties.Bayshore Community Health Services, Holmdel, has announced that Michael A. Serluco has joined the Board of Trustees for Bayshore Community Hospital and the Board of Directors for Bayshore Health Care Management Corp. He is a principal at Serluco and Co. LLC, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants, Holmdel. The firm was founded in 1984 by his father, Richard J. Serluco. Prior to that, Michael Serluco was a senior accountant at Deloitte & Touche, Parsippany.

Serluco received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Maryland School of Business Administration, College Park, and is a licensed certified public accountant in New Jersey and New York. He spent most of his life in the Holmdel area, and currently resides in Freehold with his wife, Jennifer, and their two children.

J.H. Cohn LLP announced that William Lewis, certified public accountant and a partner in the firm’s Eatontown office, has been inducted as secretary/treasurer of the Board of Trustees of CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold Township, for a two-year term. In this position, Lewis will serve as the chairman of CentraState’s Finance Committee, which is responsible for the analysis and approval of the annual budget, the review of the monthly financial statements and presentation of the management reports to the board, as well as the supervision of investment funds. In addition, the finance committee, chaired by Lewis, oversees the Audit/Corporate Compliance, Investment and Insurance subcommittees.

Lewis delivers all facets of financial, accounting, tax and consulting services to health care providers in the New York metropolitan area, as well as throughout the country. While the medical/dental community accounts for more than half of his practice, Lewis also works with a wide array of professional services organizations and high net-worth individuals.

Avis Gardell, a sales associate at Re/Max American Realty Associates, Colts Neck, has joined the national Re/Max Children’s Miracle Network Home Program. Under this program, Gardell will donate a specified amount of money to the Children’s Miracle Network per sales transaction. Gardell will display a "Miracle Home" rider on top of her Re/Max yard signs, which signifies to the home buyer and seller that their transaction helps make a positive change in the lives of local children.

Julian Ingram has completed his studies in the air conditioning, refrigeration and heating technology program at Lincoln Technical Institute, Union. A graduate of Freehold Borough High School, Ingram lives in Freehold with his wife and four children.

Linda Rae Kernis, IIDA and Allied Member ASID, of Linda Rae Kernis Interior Designs Inc., Freehold, presented "Avoiding Decorating Mistakes: Don’t Just Like It, Love It" at the Jan. 8 meeting of the Newcomers/Encore Club of Colts Neck and Holmdel. Kernis has been a resident of Freehold Township for 31 years and a freelance interior designer for 27 years, specializing in both residential and commercial design.

Some of her works include freelance consulting for the architectural firm that designed the 40,000-square-foot Schroth School and Technical Education Center for Cerebral Palsy of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

Professional and Business Singles Network will meet Feb. 7 at 8:30 p.m. at the ballroom of La Villa Ristorante, 2275 Kuser Road, Hamilton Township, for instruction in swing dance, followed by a dance. Admission is $20 if attending the dance instruction, or $14 if just attending the dance. Cover is $10. An after-work social will be held Feb. 10, 5:30-9 p.m., at The Cranbury Inn, 21 South Main St., Cranbury. Admission is $10 ($7 before 6 p.m.). Membership is not required to attend the above events. Details: (800) 537-3859 or www.PBSNinfo.com.

Caroline McCarron has joined the team of Realtor associates at Gloria Nil­son GMAC Real Estate of Manalapan. McCarron is a licensed Realtor with more than 15 years of experience in the Mon­mouth County area, and has earned the designations of GRI (Graduate Realtor Institute) and certified corporate reloca­tion specialist. She is a member of the Monmouth County Association of Real­tors and the Monmouth/Ocean Multiple Listing Service.

ERA Advantage Realtors has an­nounced the top producers in the Man­alapan office for the month of December. They are Michele Neidle, Jim Helms and Larry Conti. The top achievers for December at the Freehold office are Ivy B. Jacot, Kathleen Hobbs and Angela Lang. In the Marlboro office, the top produc­ers are Jane Joseph, Cynthia Albujar and Gwendolyn Brunie.

Century 21 Mack-Morris Iris Lurie Realtors, Marlboro, announced its top sales associates for 2003 at company’s the annual awards dinner held at the Grand Marquis in Old Bridge. They are: Sharon Marks, Garry A. Klein, Gloria Bernstein, Christine Lundberg, the team of Florence and Steven Cataneo, Marcia Sokol, Fran Krumholz, Martin Cole, Marcy Leder and Jeffrey Ozinitsky.

Awards were also given to those sales associates who sold the most properties listed by other agencies. Christine Lund­berg had the highest number of sales, fol­lowed by Martin Cole and Marcia Sokal. Jodiann Garone received a special award for her outstanding achievement in sales for 2003. In addition to receiving awards, Iris Lurie also presented the following nine sales associates with their itineraries and travel documents for a one-week vacation at the Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort and Casino: Sharon Marks, Garry Klein, Glo­ria Bernstein, Christine Lundberg, the team of Florence and Steven Cataneo, Marcia Sokal, Fran Krumholz, Martin Cole and Marcy Leder.

Iris Lurie also announced that Cen­tury 21 Mack-Morris Iris Lurie would soon be moving into its new Century 21 Building, located on Route 9 south just north of Route 520 in Marlboro.

Dr. Michael D. Baskin, an optomet­ric physician with offices in the Pond Road Shopping Center in Freehold Town­ship, recently attended the third annual Primary Care Optometry Symposium held recently in New York City. The three-day symposium emphasized diag­nosis, treatment and management of the glaucoma patient; the management of the dry eye patient; updates of new therapeu­tic medications for the patient with an ocular allergy; refractive surgery updates with the newest technologies; examina­tion of the pediatric patient with clinical considerations for contact lens wear from birth through adolescence; and exploring wave-front technology and incorporating it in the new custom Lasik procedure.