The Work Group Moves to Bigger Offices in Lakewood
The Work Group (TWG), a full-service staffing firm, has moved from Second Street, Lakewood, to larger offices at 1195 Route 70, Suite 1007A, Lakewood. Lakewood Mayor Menashe Miller; Dave Nicola, the executive director of the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce; and Yaakov Wenger, the publisher of The Lakewood Shopper, attended the official opening along with many…
Toms River Man Named to First N.J. CPA Honoree List
The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJSCPA) announced that Kenneth B. Shapiro, CPA/PFS, CFP®*, Toms River, president of Shapiro Financial Security Group, Inc., Hazlet, has been named one of six top financial planners in New Jersey. Shapiro will be spotlighted in the 2014 September/October edition of New Jersey CPA magazine. The selection of…
Jonathan Herman, COO of Eatontown Company, to Receive Honor from NJBiz
Jonathan Herman, 37, the COO of Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services, Eatontown, has been named a “Forty under Forty” 2014 award winner by NJBiz, a New Jersey business news publication. Herman was recently named one of South Jersey’s top 20 young business professionals under the age of 40 by SJBiz. The Forty under…
Golfers and Sponsors Needed to Benefit Children with Serious and Terminal Illnesses
Get in the swing to help children with serious and terminal illnesses in need of end-of-life care as well as with support for their parents. Golfers and sponsors are needed for the 5th Annual Circle of Life golf outing, Monday, September 22, 2014, at Basking Ridge Country Club, 185 Madisonville Ridge, Bernards Township, New Jersey…
JFK Apartments to Be Renovated – No One Will Become Homeless
They were built in the 1960s. Now, more than 50 years later, the 62-unit JFK apartment complex, Cedarbridge Avenue and South Clover Street, Lakewood, will receive a much needed make-over. Through a pilot program called RAD (Rental Assistance Demonstration), a division of the U.S. Dept. of HUD, housing authorities now have the opportunity to transform…
Finding a Cure for Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes – Leta Kids Pumpkin Express Event Celebrates Its 21st Year
The whole family is invited to enjoy Leta Kids Pumpkin Express, a community event to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Sunday, October 12, 2014, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Laurelton Fire House, Route 88 West and Olden Street (across from Jersey Paddler), Brick, N.J. This event, celebrating its 21st year, includes 1,000 painted pumpkins…
Largest HR Conference and Expo Scheduled for This October in Atlantic City
The 23rd annual GSC-SHRM (Garden State Council – Society for Human Resource Management) Conference & Expo, the largest Human Resource educational and networking event for HR professionals in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware is set to take place Sunday, October 19 through Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at the Sheraton, in the Atlantic City Convention Center,…
Study Group Forming for PHR and SPHR Certification
Are you ready to join more than 135,000 fellow Human Resource Professionals by earning HRCI certification? PHR (Professional in Human Resources) and SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) candidates who certify before the end of 2014 will also be eligible to obtain the new SHRM certification at no cost. Mary Bromlow, SPHR, the director of…
Lakewood Honors Peter Johner, Area Manager of JCPL
Lakewood Mayor Menashe Miller and the Township Committee recently presented a plaque to Peter Johner, JCP&L area manager for Ocean and Monmouth counties, to express appreciation to Johner for his dedication and commitment in helping the township and its residents. Mayor Menashe Miller said, “There is a lot of growth in our town; a lot…
Lawyer by Day – Band Leader by Night – Joe Hughes and Goldenseal to Perform at Lions Fundraiser
Call him the Renaissance Man. By day Joseph G. Hughes can be found in the courtroom or at the Red Bank law firm Zager Fuchs P.C. where he is a full partner. In the evening and on weekends, he’s playing guitar and singing in his band Goldenseal. He’s also a songwriter, volunteer and philanthropist who…