Business

The Somerset County Business Partnership (SCBP) has launched a web portal that will allow businesses and individuals to donate to the SCBP Foundation to support the COVID-19 relief effort. All funds raised will be used to purchase food from local restaurants that will be delivered to medical and administrative staff at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital/Somerset (RWJUH/Somerset), local healthcare workers, …

Submitted by ProCure. ProCure Proton Therapy Center is recognizing the eight-year anniversary of its opening and treatment of its first patient on Friday, March 20, 2020. The center was the 10th proton therapy treatment center built in the U.S. and the first to serve cancer patients in the tri-state area. Since its 2012 opening, ProCure has treated more than 5,000 …

Assemblyman Joe Danielsen’s 6th annual Free Job Fair is set for April 15 in partnership with The Imperia, 1714 Easton Avenue. Recruiters from public and private businesses will be available to meet with job seekers between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. If you have a resume, bring 10-15 copies with you. Classes will be offered for participants from 10-11:30 a.m. …

Brian Regan Submitted by Saint Peter’s Healthcare System Former Township Councilman Brian Regan has been named to Saint Peter’s Foundation Board of Trustees. Saint Peter’s Foundation is the fundraising arm of Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, which also includes Saint Peter’s University Hospital. “I am very honored to receive this board appointment from Bishop James Checchio of the Diocese of Metuchen,” …

Jersey Cyclone co-owner Jan Chwiedosiuk collects freshly poured cans of Resilience beer in preparation for the February 28 fundraiser. With their backgrounds in two fire services, the owners of Jersey Cyclone brewery on Worlds Fair Drive didn’t have to think twice when they heard of a fundraiser to aid victims of last year’s Australian brush fires. Jan Chwiedosiuk and Brian …

Somerset-based ProCure Proton Therapy Center has established a clinical affiliation with Hackensack Meridian’s John Theurer Cancer Center in Hackensack. Through the new affiliation, Hackensack Meridian patients now have access to all available forms of radiation therapy, according to a press release on the announcement. Unlike conventional radiation therapy which uses X-ray particles called photons to target tumors, resulting in scattering …

Submitted by ProCure. ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Somerset passed another celebratory achievement with the graduation of its 5,000th patient to complete treatment, in this case for prostate cancer. “When we see the courage, the generosity, the wisdom that our patients have as they go through some of the darkest times of their lives, they truly inspire us on a …

Attendees enjoy the cocktail hour January 28 at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce’s 60th Anniversary Gala at the Marigold. Two township residents and four businesses were honored January 29 during the Franklin Township Chamber of Commerce’s 60th anniversary gala at The Marigold on Hamilton Street. Nicolas DiMeglio was given the Volunteerism award, Somerset County Sheriff Darrin Russo was given the …

Submitted by Budd Van Lines. Somerset-based moving company Budd Van Lines on December 14 assisted in the delivery of approximately 3,800 wreaths to Long Island National Cemetery for Wreaths Across America. The wreaths were picked up by Budd Van Lines in Maine and hauled to Long Island, where more than 60 other carriers met up to convoy to the cemetery. …

Unity Bank and its employees have donated $1,500 to the Franklin Food Bank. The donation was part of $28,500 in donations the bank and its employees made to 19 food pantries in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, according to a press release from the company. “I am extremely proud of the generosity our employees continue to show in this important community …