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  • Partnership’s new CEO excited about challenge

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Richard Gatto, of Freehold Township, has been named chief executive officer of the Freehold Center Partnership. The partnership oversees events and activities in Freehold Borough’s Special Improvement District. FREEHOLD — The Freehold Center Partnership is now being guided by a man who has had the experience…

  • Stores join recycling effort

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A discarded printer cartridge thrown into a landfill can take up to 450 years to decompose. With more than 350 million cartridges thrown out every year, a mountain of e-waste is steadily forming throughout the nation’s landfills. Cartridge World- Freehold is part of a mission throughout the United States to educate local…

  • Perseverance pays off with new Pedisock

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer For those people who have cold feet about getting pedicures when the weather outside is not so hot – fear not. A new product keeps tootsies toasty and gives those who purchase them a warm feeling inside to boot, because a portion of the sales will help families with autistic…

  • Co. hopes for a home run with autograph product

    BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer Have you everwalked up to a baseball player, dying to get him to autograph your baseball, only to realize you forgot your pen? What about trying to get a player to sign a muddy, scuffed-up ball? Well, a South Brunswick business, League Design Partners, has invented a new kit it…

  • Foundation continues work under new name

    MANALAPAN – Schoor DePalma Community Foundation, dedicated to servicing communities where Schoor De- Palma employees live, travel, play and work, announced that it has changed its name to CMX Community Foundation. The move is in line with rebranding of Schoor DePalma to CMX. In addition, the foundation announced the appointment of Patrice Malleus as the…

  • Chamber series will focus on ‘Strategies for Success’

    The Western Monmouth Chamber of Commerce is now accepting registrations for its management symposium “Strategies for Success.” The symposium is a four-part series, which will begin on Nov. 16. The chamber has partnered with Brookdale Community College and Rutgers Center for Management Development to bring this opportunity to the business community. Created by the Women…

  • Area businesses support senior center

    MANALAPAN – Free line-dancing classes are being offered to members of the Manalapan Senior Center, Route 522, on Mondays from 11 a.m. to noon. These classes were donated by local businesses interested in supporting a program at the senior center. On hand to kick off the classes were representatives from many of the businesses: Adonis…

  • Sauce maker turns up the heat on taste buds

    Blair’s Sauces & Snacks, Highlands, holds a world record for hottest flavor BY JOHN SUTTON Correspondent Blair Lazar, owner of Blair’s Sauces & Snacks, based in Highlands, has turned extremely hot sauces into a hot commodity. HIGHLANDS – – It was closing time, 2 a.m. in a bar on the Jersey Shore in 1989, and…

  • New stores will join mall lineup

    Renovation is inspiring new retail locations at the Freehold Raceway Mall, Route 9, Freehold Township. From Abercrombie & Fitch’s newest concept to the latest fashion eyewear, six new stores have signed on to join the more than 200 retailers that comprise the Freeway Raceway Mall this fall, its parent company Macerich announced. Six of the…