Category: Atlanticville Business

DeFelice brothers look toward Eatontownfor latest businesses By sherry conohanStaff Writer DeFelice brothers look toward Eatontown for latest businesses By sherry conohan Staff Writer The DeFelice brothers, (above, l-r) Paul, Bill, Donald, Robert and Tom, are the third generation of their family to work in auto sales. The family is now expanding its business from…

By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer SHERRY CONOHAN Stores in Sea Bright, like Bain’s Hardware (above), along with restaurants and food markets have suffered a severe drop-off in business since the Sea Bright-Rumson bridge, connecting the borough to Rumson, closed for repairs Feb. 1. SEA BRIGHT — Devastating. Awful. Inconvenient. These are…

Double Exposure Telecom opens in Oceanport Oceanport resident Phil Heinle recently opened his Oceanport-based business, Double Exposure Telecom. The telecommunications business is designed to assist both residential and commercial customer service, and relocate and maintain older phone systems from one to 100 lines. Prior to opening the firm, Heinle worked in telecommunications for 22 years,…

By clare MARie celanoStaff Writer By clare MARie celano Staff Writer George Taglianetti (second from right), Freehold, held a second meeting of the Entertainment Network Jan. 29 at the American Hotel, Freehold. The Entertainment Network is an effort by Taglianetti to bring together area talent and develop an East Coast film industry. What New Jersey…

By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer The small shopping carts shoppers used to wheel through the aisles of Prown’s were one of the most requested items on a wish list for mementos of the store. They had dibs on the diminutive shopping carts and cash register, but the thing some shoppers wanted…

Real estate brokerspearheading effortto aid county By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Real estate broker spearheading effort to aid county’s SPCA By gloria stravelli Staff Writer Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals volunteer Blanche Franks (l) decided to enlist the help of Sue Ashmore Montanti and other colleagues in raising funds to support homeless pets…

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey (VNACJ), Red Bank, recently elected Nilesh Patel, M.D., Regina deGersdorff, and the Rev. Ronald L. Owens as new trustees. West Long Branch resident Patel will serve as trustee of VNACJ, which oversees the agency’s Medicare/Medicaid-certified home care services. He is an attending anesthesiologist and chairman of the department of…

Group By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer Dr. Florence Forgotson, who was the first female attorney to have a practice in Monmouth County, is the senior individual member of the Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce. In June 1928, 12 Red Bank businessmen got together to sign articles of incorporation for the…

Optician played key role in launch of Special Improvement District By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer GLORIA STRAVELLI Kerry Zukus, the founder of RiverCenter, is selling his Red Bank optometry practice and eye-care store. While Red Bank is still abuzz with the news that Prown’s will close next month, another transition has…