SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) will present two workshops at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Symmes Drive, Manalapan.
“Maximizing Traffic to Your Web Site” will be held March 8 at 6 p.m., and “How to Start and Manage Your Own Business” will be presented March 30 at 6 p.m.
Registration is requested; call (732) 431-7242.
CentraState’s Family Medicine Center, 1001 West Main St., Freehold Township, reopened Feb. 7 after extensive renovations. The remodeled interior and additional new equipment and technology will allow the center to offer expanded hours and services for patients of all ages.
The renovations, which started in October, were made in anticipation of CentraState’s new Family Medicine Residency Program, which will start in July.
Among the improvements: a new outpatient laboratory for on-site blood work and other tests; minor surgical procedures, such as cyst removal and suturing, can now be performed at the center; and the number of examination rooms has been increased.
With the launch of the Residency Program, family practice physicians, who are trained to treat patients of all ages from newborns to geriatrics, will be on-site daily, allowing for expanded scheduling for pediatric visits as well as walk-in appointments.
The multimillion-dollar Family Medicine Residency Program is being conducted in conjunction with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and is being spearheaded by Kenneth W. Faistl, M.D. The Family Medicine Center serves the community, including uninsured, underinsured, Medicaid and other patients.
ERA Advantage Realtors, which has a local office in Cream Ridge, Upper Freehold Township, announced that four sales associates have received the Circle of Excellence Award for the Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington and Mercer Board of Realtors. The award recognizes leading Realtor associates who strive to provide unparalleled professional services and successfully closed high levels of real estate sales in 2004.
James Burton achieved high honors with the platinum level; Shirley Littleford is a silver-level winner; and the bronze-level achievers are Alys Bennis and Ron Salvio.
Big enough clothing company, which has a local franchise in Englishtown, has launched “Operation Lifeboat” to help build houses for tsunami victims in Sri Lanka. The clothing that big enough sells is manufactured in Sri Lanka by workers who have lost family members, friends, possessions and homes.
On behalf of big enough fashion consultants, the company will donate up to 50 percent of a sales consultant’s net profit in the month of February to a private fund set up by the management of the Sri Lankan factory. The company will also donate money for every new sales consultant recruited by an existing consultant.
CEO John Maisano estimates that the company will donate roughly 10 percent of gross sales for the month of February. Big enough has requested that the money they raise be used specifically for the construction of homes. The goal is to raise enough money to build 95 homes lost by workers from the Sri Lankan factory, at a cost of $3,000 per house. They are also collecting private donations. For more information, contact local consultant Jean Kohlhepp at jeankohlhepp@optonline.net.
The YMCA of Western Monmouth County, Freehold Township, has been awarded a grant from the Ocean First Foundation, to be used toward the Y’s capital campaign.
Douglas Johnson, managing director of new business development for Ocean First Bank, presented a check for $30,000 to Jacque Preston, chairperson of the YMCA Board of Directors, at the YMCA’s board meeting last week. The check will help the YMCA finance its new therapy pool, which is part of a four-phase $6 million capital campaign project.
Phase one of the project will also include a child care center wing that will enable the Y to provide full- and part-time day care, serving infants through school-age children in classroom settings with bathrooms, a separate entrance for parents, and short-term parking in front of the child care center.
Century 21 Mack-Morris Iris Lurie Realtors, Marlboro, announced the top sales associates for 2004 at its annual black-tie awards dinner held recently at the Grand Marquis in Old Bridge.
The top 10 sales associates are: Sharon Marks, Gloria Bernstein, Florence and Steven Cataneo, Christine Lundberg, Marcy Leder, Frank Como, Jeffrey Ozinitsky, Margaret DiBella, Fran Krumholz and Martin Cole.
Marks took home three first-place
awards for her achievements in 2004: Top Sales Associate, Most Properties Listed, and Most Listings Closed. In addition, Marks received the title of Salesperson of the Year.
Bernstein’s success at listing and selling properties earned her a place as the second highest sales associate in 2004.
The team of Florence and Steven Cataneo was recognized as the third most successful sales associates.
Awards were also given to the sales associates who sold the most properties listed by their own office as well as other agencies. Lundberg was second only to Marks for properties sold in 2004 and had the third highest number of office listings. DiBella received an award for taking the second highest number of office listings. Ozinitsky was recognized for having the third highest number of office listings sold.
Ann Marie Sgroi, Laurin Manco and Gerta Kachko each received special wards for their outstanding achievements in sales for 2004.
Iris Lurie also presented the following 18 sales associates with their itineraries and travel documents for a one-week vacation in Puerto Rico with their spouses: Marks, Bernstein, Florence Cataneo, Lundberg, Leder, Como, Ozinitsky, DiBella, Krumholz, Cole, Donna Hyman, Harry Zarembsky, Rona Moskowitz, Susan “Penny” Kornblum, Marcia Sokal, Garry Klein, Ann Marie Sgroi and Betty Laboska.
Iris Lurie also announced that the office had a record-breaking year, with 22 of her sales associates receiving New Jersey Association of Realtors 2004 Circle of Excellence Sales awards.
Marks was awarded the Circle of Excellence Sales Award at the gold level. She achieved a minimum of $15 million in sales in 2004. Nine associates received the award at the silver level: Bernstein, Florence Cataneo, Cole, DiBella, Krumholz, Laboska, Leder, Lundberg and Ozinitsky. Each achieved a minimum of $7.5 million in sales in 2004.
In addition, 12 associates were awarded the award at the bronze level: Como, Jodiann Garone, Sheryl Goldberg, Donna Hyman, Klein, Kornblum, Moskowitz, Antoinette Pagano, Anita Paris, Sgroi, Sokal and Zarembsky. Each had a minimum of $3 million in sales.
Dr. Michael Baskin, an optometric physician whose office is located in the Pond Road Shopping Center, Freehold Township, attended the Aruba 2005 Conference, an optometric continuing education program held Jan. 12-18 at the Wyndham Aruba Beach Resort. Baskin completed 15 hours of optometric-related courses, lectures, panel discussions, hands-on workshops and exchanges. This year’s program included advanced clinical practice methods and research relative to glaucoma and macular degeneration therapy and management, as well as information on the treatment of dry eye.