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  A father and son team switched from doughnuts and coffee to burgers and shakes in opening the township’s newest restaurant, Mooyah Burgers, Shakes and Fries. Located in the Crossroads at Somerset center at Elizabeth Avenue and Old New Brunswick Road, the new Franklin Mooyah is the fourth of the company’s franchises in the state, and the 101st in the …

Ricardo Benson apparently doesn’t believe in wasting time. Even before the Lakewood resident opened his store – Custom Tees And More – on Hamilton Street, he was already working to give back to his adopted community. Benson’s store is a Marine Corps “Toys for Tots” collection spot, and he has also signed up for a virtual food drive for the …

  Township officials were among the invited guests to what turned out to be a “wall-breaking” Dec. 2 at Akorn Pharmaceuticals. The event was billed as a “meet-and-greet” by Akorn to give officials an idea of the  work that was about to begin in a $7 million project to refit a 15,000-square-foot Veronica Avenue building and two other spaces into …

Somerset Family Physical Therapy is once again serving as a donation center for the U.S. Marine Corps reserves “Toys for Tots” program. The office’s goal is to collect 200 toys, according to a press release about the event. last year, 100 toys were collected in two weeks. Practice employee Megan Gonzalez, whose husband is a deployed Marine, heads the program …

A fundraising drive by the township Stop & Shop store to benefit the American Cancer Society netted more than $3,000, the company said. The store raised $3,735 in a two-week period in October through the sale of pink ribbons. The money raised will go toward the ACS’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. Shop & Stop stores across the metro …

Rupen Patel was all smiles Oct. 26 as he mingled with guests at the grand opening party for his newest property, the Springhill Suites hotel on Cedar Grove Lane. “It turned out beautiful,” said Patel, who also owns The Imperia on Easton Avenue and Fairfield Inn and Suites on Davidson Avenue. “I couldn’t be happier than this.” The grand opening of …

Johnson & Johnson’s Chief Health Officer and Corporate Medical Director Dr. Marcelo Targino will present “The Future of Employee Wellness” at Healthier Somerset’s annual Worksite Wellness Forum on Oct. 24 at the AVE, 199 Pierce Street. Breakfast and networking begin at 8:30 a.m. The program begins at 9:00 a.m. and concludes at 10:30 a.m. The Worksite Wellness Forum is a …

The iHop restaurant on Easton Avenue Oct. 14 celebrated its new interior with a ribbon-cutting, cake and free short stacks. Mayor Phillip Kramer was on hand to do the ribbon-cutting honors, as the restaurant’s management and staff looked on. Kramer also cut a large sheet cake, pieces of which were served to surprised customers. Free orders of short stack pancakes were also …

A township resident was recently honored by Citizens Financial Group for 25 years of service. Sushvet Kantesaria’s name was inscribed on a brick that will be installed outside Citizens’ headquarters at One Citizens Plaza, according to a press release from the company. Kantesaria was one of 75 Citizens employees so honored. More than 2,000 colleagues have been honored with bricks since …

There’s once again an Italian pizzeria and restaurant in the Village Plaza shopping center on Easton Avenue, with the opening earlier this week of Mezza Luna. Cosimo Correale, the restaurant’s owner, is a veteran of the industry. Correale, who emigrated to the United States from his native Calabria, Italy, when he was 16 years old, has in the ensuing 36 …