Category: Independent Business

  • Costa, Nathan merge legal practices to expand elder law services

    Costa, Nathan merge legal practices to expand elder law services

    Joseph P. Costa and David B. Nathan have announced a merger of their legal practices to expand elder law services in central New Jersey. The scope of their practice includes Medicaid planning and Medicaid applications, wills and trusts, estate planning and estate administration, guardianships and veterans benefits. Their primary office is in Matawan. According to…

  • Monmouth real estate brief, Feb. 10

    Monmouth real estate brief, Feb. 10

    The Monmouth Ocean Regional Realtors has honored the 1,044 members who achieved the 2020 New Jersey Realtors Circle of Excellence Award. The New Jersey Realtors Circle of Excellence Sales Award recognizes those members who have demonstrated excellence in the field of salesmanship. “Receipt of the New Jersey Realtors Circle of Excellence Sales Award is a…

  • Monmouth County Business Briefs, Dec. 23

    Monmouth County Business Briefs, Dec. 23

    The Monmouth Regional Chamber of Commerce (MRCC) is reaching out to businesses, organizations and entrepreneurs throughout the area to see how they are faring at this time and to determine how the chamber may be able to assist them. The MRCC is the largest nonprofit volunteer chamber in Monmouth County, with membership that spans the…

  • Grandsons will honor relative with Soviet prohibition-themed distillery in Keyport

    Grandsons will honor relative with Soviet prohibition-themed distillery in Keyport

    When Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev issued an anti-alcohol campaign in the mid-1980s that entailed a soft prohibition and subsequently raised the price of vodka, wine and beer, the new legislation, which was similar to America’s liquor prohibition in 1920, ignited an era of bootlegging and hoarding of supplies. As individuals throughout the Soviet…

  • Advertorial: Protecting the Home: Revisited

    Advertorial: Protecting the Home: Revisited

    If I had to list the most frequently discussed topics that I have with my clients, protecting a home from the ravages of long-term care costs would be very high on that list. I’ve written about this topic several times in the past, but I thought the topic deserved a fresh discussion. A common Medicaid…

  • Independent Business Briefs, Nov. 4

    Independent Business Briefs, Nov. 4

    Anna Maria Mannarino of Mannarino Designs Inc., Holmdel, an interior, event and product designer and past president of the New Jersey Chapter of American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), has been recognized with two Design Excellence Awards. This annual competition is sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the ASID. Seventeen chapter interior designers won…

  • Monmouth Regional Chamber of Commerce to host Athena Awards

    Monmouth Regional Chamber of Commerce to host Athena Awards

    The Monmouth Regional Chamber of Commerce (MRCC), a nonprofit volunteer organization that serves as a resource leader for businesses and the Monmouth County community, will honor outstanding local women at the 2020 Athena International Leadership Awards event on Nov. 6 at noon. This year, the annual celebration will be held virtually on YouTube Live, with…

  • Independent Business Briefs, Oct. 21

    Independent Business Briefs, Oct. 21

    Steven Crane, the former owner of New York City’s Pó restaurant, has opened a café, Pyour Pour, in Little Silver. At Pyour Pour, Crane has created unique healthy spins on savory dishes, an entire menu filled with not only delicious bites, artesian paninis and salads, but also his simple, yet innovative concoctions of juices, smoothies,…

  • Independent Business Briefs, Oct. 7

    Independent Business Briefs, Oct. 7

    T&M Associates, Middletown, a national consulting, environmental, engineering and construction management company, announced the promotions of Robert Keady Jr. to Municipal Practice Leader, Michael Regan to New Jersey Regional Operations Manager, and Jason Worth to Operations Manager of the Toms River office. These leadership changes occur as the company is refreshing its five-year strategic plan.…