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Foley Named Branch Manager of Preferred Home Health Care, Brick

Susan Foley, Jackson, New Jersey, has been named branch manager of the Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services (PHHC) Brick office, 192 Jack Martin Boulevard. As branch manager of PHHC, which has its headquarters in Eatontown, Foley is responsible for managing internal and external staff, including RNs and LPNs; insurance authorizations; and customer service…


Lakewood Recreation Department Announces Its Fall Schedule

The Lakewood Recreation Department has released its schedule of fall youth and adult programs that will begin September 29, 2014. Registration is $10.00 for Co-ed instructional and league play soccer at the John Patrick Sports Center, Vine Street, Lakewood. On Wednesdays and Fridays, children ages 4-6 are scheduled from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.; children ages…


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…