Business

Providing employees of small- and medium-sized business with peace of mind when emergencies strike is the mission of a new company co-founded by a township woman. Creative Backup Care Options co-founder and CEO, Bernadette Fusaro, and her Colorado-based partner, Tracy Cutler, are parlaying their experience in the industry to bring a backup care benefit to businesses on both coasts. Backup …

Somerset resident Milton Anderson has been named chief human resources officer at Barnabas Health of West Orange. In his new position, Anderson will be responsible for corporate human resources and will provide oversight of all Barnabas Health hospital and affiliate human resources departments, according to a release about the appointment. “Barnabas Health welcomes Milton to our Senior Management team,” Barry …

A township woman has won a volunteerism award for her work with the township Pop Warner organization. Janine Wright, an IT contract manager for PSEG, recently received the company’s Recognizing Excellence in Volunteerism award. Wright became involved in the Pop Warner program when her children began playing, according to a release on the award. During her time working with Pop …

  The summer of 2015 could see the opening of new PetSmart and Panera Bread stores on Elizabeth Avenue. The stores would be part of the 43,000-square-foot strip shopping center across Old New Brunswick Road from ShopRite, both developed by Mahwah-based Crossroads Companies. The center is being built in two phases. The first phase was a 17,192-square-foot building, while the …

About 30 pounds of extra Halloween candy was collected in a buy-back program by Advanced Dental Arts on Easton Avenue. This is the second year the practice has run the program. Chilcren who dropped off extra candy they collected on Halloween were paid $2 per pound. The candy will be sent to U.S. troops serving overseas, said Dr. Joseph Haddad, …

Got too much candy on Halloween? Advanced Dental Arts, 738 Easton Ave., will take that extra candy off your hands in exchange for some cash. The practice, led by Dr. Joseph Haddad, will pay children $2 per pound of candy during a charity event set for from 3-6 p.m. Nov. 3 and 4. The candy will then be donated to …

There’s still time to enter Unity Bank’s Pumpkin Decorating Contest for a chance to win a $25 VISA gift card. Pumpkins can be decorated in any way, including carving and painting. Once they are decorated, contestants should take a picture of them and then upload the picture by Oct. 27 to the contest Web page at www.unitybank.com/pumpkincontest. One winer will …

The sand box of summer has given way to the corn pit of autumn. Dual corn pits are just two of the attractions offered by Snyder’s Farm on South Middlebush Road during its third annual Fall Festival. The festival runs 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends through Oct. 25. Face painters, a water slide, a petting zoo and crafts …

The new dog park at the Arbors at Franklin Township is a benefit for the complexes’ residents, but its opening Sept. 26 benefitted a township organization dedicated to help give homes to pets. The dog park, located off Baier Avenue, is an effort to “make it possible for apartment-dwellers to have pets in their homes,” said Melissa Sheil, The Arbors’ …

Home Helpers and Direct Link of Somerset is celebrating its 10th anniversary by introducing two new concierge services. Home Helpers and Direct Link of Somerset provides non-medical in home care, personal emergency response systems, vital sign monitoring, and medication management services to seniors, new and expectant mothers and any adult requiring continuing and recuperative care. The first new service allows …