Home News Tribune (East Brunswick, NJ) articles from August 2000

Home News Tribune (East Brunswick, NJ) archives from August 2000

New Brunswick, N.J., Hospital Nurses Approve Contract, Avert Strike.
August 1, 2000... Aug. 1--Nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick yesterday accepted the hospital's final three-year contract offer of 4 percent raises each year, thereby averting a strike on Thursday. By a membership vote of 418...

East Brunswick, N.J.-Area Township Plans to Snatch More Land from Developers.
August 2, 2000... Byline: Ted Serrill Aug. 2--Some 156 acres along Buckelew Avenue in Monroe may be acquired by the township, whose officials say they are anxious to preserve a total of more than 2,000 acres of open space. Mayor Richard Pucci on Monday...

Elizabeth, N.J., Mayor Wants to Oust Developer for 'Failures'.
August 2, 2000... Byline: Kathleen Hopkins Aug. 2--Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Boll-wage wants to have a Long Island construction company removed as the city's Midtown redeveloper, saying the company hasn't accomplished anything in five years except to...

United Airlines Encounters Unprecedented Headaches in Chicago, Denver.
August 4, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Sarfaty Aug. 4--God forbid your summer vacation plans include a trip with United Airlines -- especially if Chicago or Denver are on your itinerary. It's no secret that the airline is running on a skeleton crew of late,...

East Brunswick, N.J., Investors Group Buys Assisted-Living Facility.
August 6, 2000... Byline: Carol Ferrari Aug. 6--Hal Peskin and his three partners are fighting the tide in the mostly conglomerated field of assisted-living facilities for the elderly. The all-local group is taking control of the Residence at Forsgate,...

Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J., Business People Column.
August 6, 2000... Aug. 6--ACCOUNTING: Victoria A. Beirne has been hired as supervisor of office services of M.D. Oppenheim & Co., of Iselin, certified public accountants and management consultants. Beirne will be responsible for training and supervising the...

New Jersey Firms Are Among Top Contributors to Asphalt Recycling Effort.
August 11, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Sarfaty Aug. 11--EDISON, N.J.--How often does the word "recycle" conjure up visions of workers in hard hats chopping away at the environmental cause? Probably not too often. More likely, your thoughts go to...

Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J., Business Calendar Column.
August 13, 2000... Aug. 13--AUGUST 17: Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce holds business after hours,@ 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Mason Display, Cranbury. $10 members, $15 nonmembers. For information, call (732) 821-1700 or register online at www.mcrcc.org....

Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J., Business People Column.
August 13, 2000... Aug. 13--ACCOUNTING: Jason Yager has joined the firm of Amper, Politziner & Mattia as a senior consultant in the technology advisory services department. Yager's areas of responsibility include helping companies identify opportunities and...

Banking Executive Teaches Kids to Invest.
August 13, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Sarfaty Aug. 13--If your teen-ager has been dashing around the house lately yelling out catch phrases like, "Show me the money" or "Kick it up a notch," there's no reason to worry. Your kid is morphing into a teenvestor....

Johnson & Johnson, Employee Credit Union Try to Reach Agreement.
August 13, 2000... Byline: Joseph Picard Aug. 13--NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.--For half a century, an amiable, mutually beneficial relationship has existed between the Ethicon Employees Federal Credit Union and its corporate sponsor, the Johnson & Johnson...

Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J., Drive Column.
August 15, 2000... Byline: Phil Hartman Aug. 15--POWERFUL DISCOVERY BRINGS A MIXED BAG: Living with Land Rover's Discovery Series II is the good, the bad and the sometimes ugly. On one hand, the Discovery supplies superb versatility both on- and...

MetLife Purchases New Jersey-Based Bank.
August 18, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Sarfaty Aug. 18--MetLife Inc., headquartered in New York City, is acquiring Kingston-based Grand Bank in a landmark move for the insurance company, which was founded in 1863. Not only is this MetLife's first venture into...

Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J., Business Calendar Column.
August 20, 2000... Aug. 20--AUGUST 21: RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER'S CARDIAC CLUB holds free open meeting, cardiology research update: the latest studies on heart disease and its treatment, 7 to 9 p.m., Perth Amboy Division, 530 New Brunswick Ave. Speaker is...

Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J., Business People Column.
August 20, 2000... Aug. 20--ACCOUNTING: RALPH ALBERT THOMAS OF SOUTH BRUNSWICK, executive director of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, recently received the Special Presidential Award for Professional Achievement from the National...

New Brunswick, N.J., Nonprofit to Get New Leader.
August 24, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Sarfaty Aug. 24--New Brunswick Tomorrow, a private, nonprofit community organization that addresses social issues connected to the city's revitalization, is getting a new president. Jeffrey Vega will succeed Stephen...

Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J., Business Calendar Column.
August 27, 2000... Aug. 27--The Metuchen-Edison YMCA holds a job fair from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the YMCA building, 65 High St., Metuchen, to fill the following positions: before and after school care; building security; child care; fitness instructors;...

Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J., Business People Column.
August 27, 2000... Aug. 27--COMMUNICATIONS: Michael Doyle has been promoted to president of the East/West division of Comcast Cable@. Doyle will oversee 3.1 million subscribers in seven states, including Ney Jersey. Doyle is recognized for creating CN8, the...

East Orange, N.J., Nonprofit Group Offers ESL Classes to Business Community.
August 27, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Sarfaty Aug. 27--You're staying in a hotel and realize that you need a bar of soap. You call housekeeping and the woman who answers the phone seems to understand what you've asked for and is happy to oblige. She knocks on...

OPINION: Parents Name Son After Website.
August 27, 2000... Byline: Joe Picard Aug. 27--Remember the Johnny Cash hit "A Boy Named Sue"? The unfortunate title character received the unmanly name from his absentee father, who argued that the abuse the kid took for the moniker made him strong -- a...