Business
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•January 12, 2022
Transitional Care Unit at Southern Ocean Medical Center Earns High Performing Status
Southern Ocean Medical Center’s Transitional Care Unit has been named among the elite 13% that earned “High-Performing” in Short-Term Rehabilitation in the nation as ranked by U.S. News & World…
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•January 12, 2022
Wireless Experience Founder Brian Wainwright Recognized for Leadership
Brian Wainwright, founder and CEO of The Wireless Experience, a top-rated East Coast AT&T retailer, has won the Tri-State’s 2021 Vistage Leadership Award. Wainwright also owns Fantasy Island…
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•December 22, 2021
Celebration Creations Opens New Balloon Boutique
There’s a new store in Manahawkin that inspires customers to exclaim that they “feel like they walked into a party.” Celebration Creations opened a retail balloon shop, The Balloon Boutique, in the…
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•December 22, 2021
Southern Ocean ‘State of the Chamber’ to Focus on Workforce
Helping local business leaders plan a successful new year is the goal of the 2022 State of the Chamber event, Wednesday, Jan. 19 at The Mainland Holiday Inn in Manahawkin.
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•December 19, 2021
Why Seafood Prices Are So Inflated
Every Christmas Eve, Don Takash jets around the parking lot outside Ahearn’s Seafood with a big smile, greeting customers and directing traffic. It’s the busiest day of the year with fish being so…
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•December 16, 2021
Chowderfest Digital Outreach Wins 2021 NJ Excellence Award
Everybody’s got their favorite chowder that they considered a winner at Chowderfest 2021, but the event itself is a winner. The organization that presents it won a statewide tourism award for the…
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•December 15, 2021
Steak and Seafood in Coming ‘Rare Company’
The Greenhouse Café in Ship Bottom, closing on Dec. 18, will re-open in the spring as Rare Company, the name being a nod to its new life as a steakhouse in addition to seafood.
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•December 15, 2021
Walters Gift Baskets Full of Goodwill
Award-winning developer The Walters Group partnered with the nonprofit Family Promise of Southern Ocean County to assemble and distribute 35 food baskets to residents living in income-restricted…
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•December 15, 2021
Combating COVID’s Challenges to Nonprofit Groups
The acronym VUCA stands for “volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.” Those conditions sounded familiar to a roomful of leaders of nonprofit organizations who have been navigating…
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•December 15, 2021
Saker ShopRites Acquires Perlmart’s Manahawkin Store Among Others
The Manahawkin ShopRite on Route 72 is among the seven in Ocean County that are transitioning from ownership by Perlmart Inc. to Saker ShopRites Inc., which owns 32 stores in New Jersey.
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•December 15, 2021
From Lived-In Blondes to Brunette Bobs, Honeycomb Salon’s Got It Colored
Little Egg Harbor Township is growing in the right direction, as small businesses are on the rise, bringing the community what it wants without the need to travel to a corporate chain. In addition to…
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•December 9, 2021
NJ Tourism Industry Association Names Pepenella President
Lori Pepenella, CEO of the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce, was sworn in as president of the New Jersey Tourism Industry Association at its annual statewide conference in Atlantic City on…
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•December 2, 2021
Dock and Claw Clam Bar Coming Next Season
The former Harvey Cedars Shellfish Co. Clam Bar in Beach Haven will become the Dock and Claw Clam Bar in May. It’s an update on a casually legendary seafood landmark.
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•December 1, 2021
Farm on Main, Hollow Pines Green-Lighted in Eagleswood
In October, the Eagleswood Land Use Board approved two projects that will make the small town a destination for weddings, dining and entertainment.
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•December 1, 2021
Come See ‘Lights at Delights’ Fridays and Saturdays
Thanksgiving weekend marked the start of “The Lights at Delights,” a holiday light display at Delights Coffee and Bake Shop in Barnegat Township.
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•December 1, 2021
Caddy Club at Calloways Brings New Kind of Relaxed Spot for Adult Leisure
Within the next month or so, most golfers aren’t going to be outdoors to play a round. It’s simply going to get too cold as winter starts to settle in.
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•November 25, 2021
Manahawkin Natives Set Up Sister Shops in Heart of Tuckerton
Settled by Quakers in 1699, Tuckerton is rich in history and coastal grandeur. Centered around Lake Pohatcong and the replica Tuckerton Seaport Lighthouse, the business district has preserved its…
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•November 24, 2021
Statewide NJ Plastic Carryout Bag Ban Is Closer
If the coming ban on single-use plastic carryout bags is out of mind because it doesn’t go into effect until May 4, 2022, here’s a reminder from the state.
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•November 24, 2021
Jingle the Store Doors: Buy in Ocean County
When shoppers patronize local businesses this holiday season, they are “making a difference” during what has been a challenging time during the pandemic, said Ocean County Commissioner Joseph H.…
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•November 24, 2021
Kapler’s Pharmacy Celebrating 75 Years
The last of Long Beach Island’s independent neighborhood pharmacies is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
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•November 24, 2021
Know a Veteran Who Needs a ‘Gift of Warmth’?
This holiday, Comfort Zone Home Services will give a Gift of Warmth to an area veteran in need. Anyone can nominate a veteran for a complimentary furnace replacement.
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•November 17, 2021
Women’s Health Care Facility Opens in Barnegat
Community Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, and Ocean Women’s Health Care Group, a practice of the Combined Medical Group of RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Health, held a ribbon-cutting…
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•November 13, 2021
Locally, Use the Shop Small, Win Big Holiday Pass
Shopping locally is already a good thing, and it’s made more exciting by the merchant members of the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce. There’s a chance to win a shopping spree.
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•November 12, 2021
Thrift Shop Annex Features Holiday Items
At the Old and New Thrift Shop in Manahawkin, one of the challenges has been to keep track of an ever-growing inventory. This is why last year, the shop opened up an annex on the west end of the…
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•November 12, 2021
Haymarket Hobbies & Toys Store a Winter Wonderland
I hadn’t seen Little Ricky Mellerup for a long time. But surprisingly, I bumped into him again over the weekend at The Haymarket hobbies and toys shop, located at 2120 Long Beach Blvd. in Ship Bottom.
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•November 10, 2021
Stretch Zone Unveils Expansion Plans With New Barnegat Location
Stretch Zone, a pioneer in the health and wellness industry, will celebrate a grand opening of its newest location, in Barnegat at 849 West Bay Ave., Unit 12, in the Gunning River Mall.
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•November 10, 2021
Businesses Invited to Launch Holiday Shopping Season
The 2021 holiday shopping season locally is about to get underway officially.
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•November 10, 2021
Ghost Kitchen Training Ground for New Independent Chefs
The ghost kitchen concept is well known and practiced in cities, where space is at a premium, and creative/entrepreneurial startups share resources whenever possible to optimize an inch and a dollar.…
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•November 10, 2021
Busy Bees Kids Therapy: Pediatric Speech, OT, PT Services in Tuckerton
The kids call her “Chello.” Marcella Fernandez, owner of Busy Bees Kids Therapy in Tuckerton, doesn’t mind; all the adults in her practice go by their first names, making the children here feel they…
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•November 10, 2021
With Caring, Tailored Approach to Fitness, CrossFit ARX South Opens Its Doors
Jacob and Lauren Conner met in a rather unusual way, almost as if it happened in a movie.
