Business Briefs

Family Dollar opens Long Branch store

The firm of Family Dollar Stores, Charlotte, N.C., has announced it has recently opened a new branch at 194 Broadway, Long Branch. The store carries a complete line of merchandise such as housewares, small electronics, school supplies, candy and snacks.

Northrop leases office space in Eatontown

Northrop Grumman, Los Angeles, recently leased 14,000 square feet at 17 Christopher Way, Eatontown, for its information technology. The move was made by the firm to consolidate local operations.

Northrop produces approximately 60 percent of the Pentagon’s airborne radar systems and is the second largest provider of information technology for the federal government. Northrop’s new location will be at Donato High-Tech Park, a 40-000-square-foot office building constructed in 1999 off Industrial Way east.

MONOC to donate ambulance to nonprofit

The Monmouth Ocean Hospital Service Corp. (MONOC), Eatontown, has announced it will donate a decommissioned ambulance to Paramedics for Children. Paramedics for Children is a nonprofit dedicated to improving emergency health care in Central America. The ambulance will be used to create new volunteer First Aid squads in rural areas of Honduras.