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A father-and-son team from Clifton is bringing the latest fitness club to Franklin. Peter and Eric Wahad will operate a Crunch fitness club in Rutgers Plaza on Easton Avenue, next to Office Depot. There is a temporary signup location near Radio Shack. The gym is anticipated to open in the spring, according to a press release from Crunch. The 24,000-square-foot facility will …

A “new smile” for the Village Plaza shopping center on Easton Avenue is just about completed. The work, which now entails replacing the individual retail stores’ signage, should be completed in about a month, said Jonathan Stirberg, one of the partners of center owner Jonas Realty. Next to come will be adding some “uplighting” to the facade and the replacement of …

Unity Bank, which has a branch on Cedar Grove Lane in Somerset, topped all Small Business Administration lenders in New Jersey during the year that ended September 30, 2015, with $41,769,400 in SBA loans. The bank’s loan volume increased nearly 147 percent from the prior year’s total of $16,914,500, according to a release from the company. Unity Bank and other lenders will be …

Unity Bank and its employees have donated a total of $15,000 to 15 food pantries in Central New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including to the Franklin Township Food Bank. Donations were made to one service organization for each Unity branch, according to a press release from the bank. The funds were donated by Unity Bank employees and matched by the bank …

Submitted by Creative Marketing Alliance. Township resident Kenneth Hitchner, manager of public relations and social media at Creative Marketing Alliance (CMA), a full-service marketing firm located in Princeton Junction, was named Crew Star for the fourth quarter. The Crew Star award recognizes a team member each quarter for his or her dedication to the company’s core values, instilling these positive …

You could say that Nicholette Coy has been preparing for this moment since she was 13 years old. That’s when Coy, the owner of Shear Luxury salon on Route 27, first started doing hair. “It always came back to me,” she said. Coy attended a vocational high school where she studied hair styling, she said. At 16, she had her …

Anytime Fitness has teamed up with a celebrity chef to help provide Thanksgiving meals to the needy, and to help people burn off the Thanksgiving meal calories. The fitness company, with a location at Franklin Boulevard and Hamilton Street, has partnered with Chef G. Garvin in producing a #BurnTheTurkey recipe collection that takes a tongue-in-cheek look at exercise. The collection includes …

Venus Jewelers, Rutgers Plaza on Easton Avenue, is offering free watch batteries to all veterans on Veterans’ Day, Nov. 11. Veterans can receive their first battery free and all additional at 20 percent off, according to a release about the event. The store is also hosting a giveaway contest for tickets to a show at the State Theatre in New …

Dr. Joseph D’Angiolillo was named “Chiropractor of the Year” by the Association of New Jersey Chiropractors at its annual Fall Summit in New Brunswick. D’Angiollilo, who has an office on Clyde Road, has been a chiropractor since 1984. He received the award the weekend of Oct. 31. “Dr. D’Angiolillo had served the ANJC as a three-term president, continues to serve …

The Willow Creek Rehab and Care center on Easton Avenue held its inaugural vendor fair fundraiser on Nov. 5. Proceeds from the event are earmarked for the Alzheimer’s Association, in recognition of National Alzheimer’s Month. Mindi Salvo, the center’s recreation director, said that 25 vendors signed up for the event. Money was raised from vendor’s fees, plus a food concession, …