Business Briefs
Marion Pattberg of Freehold has been promoted to director of corporate development at Concorde Limousine of Freehold. Among her responsibilities is to build on the corporate account base, develop strong relationships with meeting planners across the United States, represent Concorde at various organizations and chambers, and maintain strong ties with existing clients.
Pattberg began as a reservationist with Concorde in 2004 and has 20 years of experience in the travel industry.
Business After Hours, sponsored by the Western Monmouth Chamber of Commerce, will be co-hosted this month by Del Rose Cleaning Service and Wholesale Art Showroom. The meeting will be held 5:30-7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Wholesale Art Showroom Gallery, 660 Tennent Road, Manalapan. All attendees will receive $10 off holiday residential cleaning (good only in Monmouth County).
The cost to attend is $10 per person and includes wine and hors d’oeuvres. Those attending should bring business cards. For more information or to register, call the Chamber of Commerce at (732) 462-3030, fax (732) 462-2123 or e-mail admin@wmchamber.com.
Investors Savings Bank announced that Philip G. Romano of Aberdeen has joined the bank’s Commercial Real Estate Department as first vice president. Romano has more than 30 years of commercial mortgage lending and portfolio management experience. He works at the bank’s corporate headquarters in Short Hills.
Investors Savings Bank has been serving the banking needs of New Jersey families since 1926 and has 46 branches in eight counties.
Babies “R” Us in Manalapan will host a “Super Baby Shower” Jan. 14 from noon to 4 p.m. Representatives from local businesses who can help with shower plans — food, location, invitations, centerpieces, favors, cakes, etc. — will be on hand. There will also be food and games. The store is located at 17 Route 9 south, Manalapan.
Cream Ridge Winery, Route 539, Upper Freehold Township, will hold an open house Dec. 3 and 4 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
Visitors to the winery will have an opportunity to sample wines and ask winemaker Tom Amabile questions. Amabile will also conduct tours throughout the day, and there will be carolers, and hot apple cider.
G&C Mechanical of the Clarksburg section of Millstone has joined the Central Boiler team of dealers.
Central Boiler specializes in the design, production and distribution of outdoor wood furnaces to heat homes, garages, water heaters, greenhouses and other sites, using wood as fuel. The company’s Classic model is installed outside, usually between 30 and 100 feet away from the building being heated, but may be as far as 500 feet away, and can be adapted to work with the building’s existing heating system. A water jacket surrounds the furnace firebox, and heated water is pumped to the home or building through insulated underground pipes, providing thermostat-controlled heat. The furnace is also available as a dual-fuel-ready model, allowing the use of wood and/or fuel oil, propane or natural gas.












