Category: HUB Business

  • Area professor named to wetlands council

    Monmouth University, West Long Branch, has announced John Tiedemann, assistant dean in the School of Science, Technology and Engineering, has been appointed to the Wetlands Mitigation Council. The Council was established under the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act to finance wetlands restoration and preservation projects. It also governs New Jersey’s wetland mitigation banks. Tiedemann, a resident…

  • Zoners hear plan for big changes at former Prown’s

    Owners wants to add floor,convert office spaceto apartments BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Owners wants to add floor, convert office space to apartments BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer The new owners of 34-32 Broad St. in downtown Red Bank, the former site of Prown’s Has Everything, are proposing a $3 million renovation. The overhaul would add…

  • Monmouth doctor named chair of institute

    Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, has named Smitha Gollamudi, M.D., as chair of its Institute for Advanced Radiation Oncology. The Red Bank resident is the physician partner of former chair, Adam Raben, M.D. Under her leadership, the department will embark on an expansion project to introduce new technology in radiation therapy and CT scanning. Prior…

  • ‘It Takes More Than Love’ Feb. 14

    ‘It Takes More Than Love’ Feb. 14 "It Takes More Than Love" will be presented Feb. 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Courtyard Marriott, Hope Road, Tinton Falls. Marriage counselors Stacey Rose, Denise Silverstein, and Cathy Noblick, all LCSW, will present the program on how to enhance a marriage. Rose has a…

  • Petco Web site ranked ‘best of’ for service

    The online pet-supply site PETCO.com was recently recognized as a top-consumer site for excellent customer service, the only pet-related Web site recognized. The site scored among the best in both time to shop and business days to receive an item. Results were based on a shopping study conducted by the eTailing Group, which included 100…

  • Groundbreaking held for new Wegmans

    A groundbreaking ceremony for Wegmans was held recently at Ocean Plaza, Sunset Avenue and Route 35, Ocean Township. The new store will be part of the renovated and expanded Ocean Plaza and the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2004. Wegmans began in 1915 and currently operates 66 stores.

  • Piccola Italia joins forces with HABcore

    Lou and Brian Gualtieri, owners of Piccola Italia Restaurant, 837 W. Park Ave., Ocean Township, have announced the restaurant will hold its first "Dine Out Wednesday" benefit in conjunction with HABcore, Red Bank. The event will be held each Wednesday during February. The Gualtieris will donate 25 percent of all proceeds from lunch or dinner…

  • Business Briefs

    Local businessman wins bronze medal from Kirby Business Briefs Local businessman wins bronze medal from Kirby Dennis Yurcisin, a Kirby distributorship operator based in Eatontown, recently received a bronze medal from The Kirby Company as part of its "Challenge of Champions Campaign." The effort was a year-long promotion in which distributors can win prizes and…

  • Pets crowded out of store by construction

    Shop owner expects to lose $15,000during restaurant expansion BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Shop owner expects to lose $15,000 during restaurant expansion BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Construction has closed Fins & Feathers, on the corner of Monmouth Street and Maple Avenue, Red Bank, due to expansion of the adjacent Buona Sera restaurant. Overnight, Helen Kaminski-Davis…