The financial services firm of Edward Jones, Freehold and Red Bank, was recently ranked No. 1 for the 12th consecutive year by the annual survey in Registered Representative magazine. The survey selects brokers and asks participants to rank firms in various categories. Jones received praise for its ethics, business focus and attention to the needs of its representatives. The firm’s ranking in the area of support also topped all other firms. The firm offers its clients investments such as certificates of deposit, nontaxable bonds and stocks.
The 15th annual Jersey Shore Home Show will be held Jan. 14-16 at Brookdale Community College, Newman Springs Road, Lincroft section of Middletown. The show will feature more than 125 exhibitors from Monmouth and Ocean counties. Gardening and landscaping professionals will be on hand to answer questions, as will manufacturers of home furnishings, cabinetry, appliances, air conditioning systems and other businesses. The show will also feature yard furniture and other items for the yard and display gardens. Show times are Jan. 14 from 1-9:30 p.m., Jan. 15 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Jan. 16 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, call MAC events at 1-800-332-3976.
Tickets and sponsorships are now available for the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) 38th annual cancer ball scheduled for June 18 at 6 p.m. at the Middletown home of Morgan Cline and Ben D’Onofrio. Sponsorships range from $2,500-$100,000 and tickets are $500 each. The theme is “Hollywood Circa 1939,” and honorees are ACS supporters Susan J. and Robert J. Sorokolit, Rumson. For more information, call the ACS at 1-800-227-2345.
Woodward Realty Group has announced it will hold a food drive through Dec. 23, with donations to be given to the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Neptune. Woodward associates will either pick up contributions or the items may be dropped at the firm’s three locations: 114 Ave. of Two Rivers, Rumson; 6 Kings Highway, Middletown; or 31 Schanck Road, Suite 1B, Freehold. Office hours are Monday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For pickup requests or more information, call (732) 671-0100.
The Middletown Postmaster, Peter Gaitens, encourages customers to use the postal services “Click-N-Ship” online service in order to save time and avoid a trip to the post office during inclement weather. The service calculates rates, finds ZIP codes, and keep a personal online shipping history. Click-N-Ship may also be used to send packages via express or priority mail. For more, visit www.usps.com/clicknship.
The Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce (NMCC) is currently in the process of creating an updated area map for northern Monmouth County, approximately 25,000 printed for distribution. The map is printed every 3-4 years, and is a sister publication to the Chamber’s “Guide to Northern Monmouth.” The Chamber is encouraging area businesses to advertise and promote businesses to residents and visitors via inclusion on the map. It contains a street legend, area map of the northern Monmouth and Bayshore region, and useful information. The map will be available at county, state and local government offices, libraries, real estate agencies, area rest stops, tourism centers and business sites. For more on getting a business on the map, call Kristen Somerville at the NMCC at (732) 291-7870 or e-mail Kristen@northernmonmouth.org.
The Holmdel branch of Sun National Bank recently donated nine computers to The New School of Monmouth County, upgrading the systems the school previously owned. Rather than discard the nine computers, the branch offered the machines to the school as a donation for the children to use. Members of Sun’s information technology department assisted the school with getting the computers up and running. The New School is an ungraded elementary school that focuses on development of each child as an individual.
Wendell A. Smith, Holmdel, a name partner at Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, was recently selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2005-2006. Included in every edition of the publication since its inception in 1983, Smith is listed in its real estate category. He is a member of Greenbaum’s real estate department and chairman of its planned real estate practice group. He concentrates his practice in land use and planned real estate development. Smith has been involved for more than 35 years in all facets of several hundred condominium, cooperative and other common-interest projects, and serves regularly as an expert witness in condominium and other community association matters. He is a charter member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and has served as vice chair of its common interest ownership committee. “Best Lawyers” is based on peer-review surveys in which 16,000 attorneys nationwide cast votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers.
The Matawan-Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce will hold its general meeting Jan. 18 from 8-9 a.m. at Amboy National Bank, 1147 Route 34, Aberdeen. The cost is $10 for nonmembers and $5 for members; prospective members are welcome. The cost includes breakfast. For details, call (732) 290-1125, or e-mail mat-aberdchamber@earthlink.net.
Danielle Ruggiero, Matawan, was recently named a Friendly Town chairperson by The Fresh Air Fund, New York City. Ruggiero hosted a child from New York City for the first time this past summer, and hopes to recruit more volunteers and host families for the 2005 season. For more information on becoming a Fresh Air Fund host, call (800) 367-0003.
Woodward Realty Group has announced it will hold a food drive through Dec. 23, with donations to be given to the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Neptune. Woodward associates will either pick up contributions or the items may be dropped at the firm’s three locations: 114 Ave. of Two Rivers, Rumson; 6 Kings Highway, Middletown; or 31 Schanck Road, Suite 1B, Freehold. Office hours are Monday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For pickup requests or more information, call (732) 671-0100.