Category: Atlanticville Business

  • New plan for purchasing prescriptions

    Steep discounts come from purchasing through Canadian pharmacy By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Through his new business, Discount Drugs of Canada, LLC, in Eatontown, Sidney Goldwert is helping people purchase their prescription medicine from pharmacies in Canada, often for less than they would be charged in the United States.…

  • Sign ordinance tabled for more changes

    Real estate agents remain unhappy with some aspects of new law By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Construction work is well under way at Beachfront North, a 15-acre community being built along the oceanfront in Long Branch. Developers Matzel and Mumford, Hazlet, and The Applied Cos., Hoboken, are building The Bluffs…

  • General store aims to meet specific needs

    Bronx-born businessman looks to fill a niche by catering to community By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY The owner of JJ’s General Store, Irwin Katz, hopes to fill the void left by The Bon Ton and Prown’s for general merchandise. The store opened this week on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red…

  • ‘Reach Out to Youth’ campaign nets $450,000

    The Community YMCA, Red Bank, recently ended its six-week "Reach Out to Youth" campaign, during which more than 300 volunteers helped raise more than $450,000. Proceeds will benefit the Y’s YCares financial assistance program to ensure no individual is denied access to Y programs due to an inability to pay. Key individuals in the campaign…

  • Shoppers know what it feels like to reach Nirvana

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Amanda Covas, 17, Atlantic Highlands, considers a pair of jeans for sale at Nirvana Traders, Red Bank. RED BANK — After months of seeing soaped-up windows, borough shoppers finally know what Nirvana looks like. Since April 4, hipsters, socialites, teenyboppers and skater-boys have been…

  • Business Briefs

    Eatontown nurse receives Barnett Award Business Briefs Eatontown nurse receives Barnett Award Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, has announced Heather Capraun has received the Dr. Lester A. Barnett Nurse of the Month Award for March. Capraun serves as a charge nurse at Monmouth’s Gloria York Renal Center. A resident of Eatontown, she was commended for…

  • County a magnet for top divorce attorneys

    Area By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Area’s affluence cited as reason for concentration of highly regarded lawyers By gloria stravelli Staff Writer John DeBartolo While the average per capita income of residents of Monmouth County is among the highest in New Jersey, the county’s affluence also makes for a confluence of some of the region’s top…

  • Rising tide of expectations at new River’s Edge

    Robert Guido moving restaurant from one small place to two large ones By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Robert Guido and his wife, Christine, are relocating their business, the River’s Edge Cafe, to Broad Street in Red Bank. The move will make more space available to accommodate the growing number…

  • City creates partnership to benefit area businesses

    By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — City-based businesses now have a resource to help promote and maintain successful business practices. For the last three months, Barry Stein, the city’s assistant director of economic development, has been working in conjunction with the city’s Urban Enterprise Zone office to bring together various…