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The Spring Hills Somerset Assisted Living Community has earned its fourth consecutive Advanced Standing, a quality distinction based on rigorous performance standards for licensed assisted living and personal care homes in the state, from the Health Care Association of New Jersey Foundation (HCANJF) in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Health (DOH). “We are very pleased to have earned …

Philadelphia-based PJ Cavanaugh’s chose St. Patrick’s Day to hold the grand opening of its township pub, located in the Holiday Inn on Davidson Avenue. Irish dancers, pipers and a St. Patty’s Day buffet were the highlights of the day for the resellers, who were given green beads and hats for the ocassion.

For the 2nd consecutive year, all eight locations of the Flemington Car & Truck Country Family of Dealerships, representing 17 manufacturer brands, have earned the coveted DealerRater Consumer Satisfaction Award for 2016. This means that all Flemington Car & Truck Country dealership locations on Route 202 & 31 in Flemington were ranked in the top 10% of U.S. Franchise Dealers …

State Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17) will host a career fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 13 at The Imperia, 1714 Easton Ave. The event will be held in conjunction with the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce and The Imperia. Job seekers are encouraged to attend and network with recruiters for opportunities with public and private entities within …

The Better World Market reopened its doors Feb. 29 with new owners, but with the same commitment to community as the original management. Montgomery residents Steve Greenspoon and his wife, Donna Simonetti, unlocked the doors after acquiring the business from Elijah’s Promise of New Brunswick. The Hub City non-profit operated the market at Route 27 and Skillman’s Lane as a …

Denholtz Associates, a Matawan-based real estate development, investment and management company, has purchased Somerset Executive Square II on Executive Drive. The structure is a four-story, 83,258-square-foot multi-tenant office building. The property was purchased from GE Capital.

Office Depot, the nationwide chain of office supply stores, is closing its store in Rutgers Plaza on Easton Avenue. Julianne Embry, an Office Depot spokeswoman, confirmed that the store was closing, but said she could not provide any more details.

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.

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.

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 …