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County programhelps formerwelfare recipients move up BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer County program helps former welfare recipients move up BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer GLORIA STRAVELLI Shanelle Booz of Asbury Park works on a career assessment test during an orientation session at the Brookdale Community College Learning Center, Long Branch. Individuals who have moved from welfare…

Business Briefs Peter Engle, Rumson, has been elected president of the Garden State Chapter of the American Society of Home Inspectors. Engle is a licensed engineer and president of Almost Home, a Rumson-based engineering and building inspection company. He is active in the preservation of historic buildings and is currently acting project manager for Fair…

Fort Monmouth was recently designated as the New Jersey Center for Defense Technologies and Security Readiness by Gov. James E. McGreevey and U.S. Representatives Rush Holt (D-12th District) and Frank Pallone Jr., (D-6th District). The designation serves to underscore the role Fort Monmouth plays in defense of the nation, both at home and in foreign…

Count Basie food drive to benefit Lunch Break Business Briefs Count Basie food drive to benefit Lunch Break The Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank, will conduct a food drive for Lunch Break, Red Bank. The drive will be hosted by Grammy award-winning pianist George Winston, who holds a food drive for a…

Business Briefs The Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce will host its annual holiday networking party and gift drive on Dec. 4, 5:30 to 8 p.m., at the Olde Union House in Red Bank. There will be a cash bar, a wide selection of hearty hors d’oeuvres, plus three hot dishes. Guests are asked to…

BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Recently honored at the Spinnaker Awards dinner at Branches in West Long Branch were (clockwise from top left) Kathleen A. Brady, Appointed Official of the Year; the Two River Community Bank, Corporate Good Neighbor of 2003; Tom, Dan and John Kilduff, Community Service Award recipients, and…

Larger Eatontownfacility, better parkingamong the lures for ATI BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Larger Eatontown facility, better parking among the lures for ATI BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff John Eyd, artistic director of the Actors Training Institute, has moved his business out of Red Bank after 14 years on Monmouth Street. The new…

Business Briefs Brothers Rick and Andy Bott, owners of Merri-Makers, Matawan, were recently presented with the Helen Higgenbotham Hoffman Award from Family & Children Services of Monmouth County. The award was named in honor of Hoffman, who served on FCS’s board of directors and set an outstanding example of service and human concern. Rick’s volunteerism…

Business Briefs Kimberly Lawrence, Waretown, has joined First Atlantic Federal Credit Union, Eatontown, as service center manager for the Oceanport center. Lawrence previously was branch manager of PNC Bank in Brick. Founded in 1935, First Atlantic has $260 million in assets, according to a press release. WithumSmith+Brown, certified public accountants, Red Bank, has announced that…