Biz News: Local Real Estate Awards, 'Baby Bundles' at P-G Bank

Hal Maxwell, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, NY, has announced John Bradley of the Bernardsville office is among the 18 of the regional company’s branch vice presidents who have been awarded the nationwide President’s Council for Managers Award.

NRT, the parent company of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, recognized the top 20 percent of nationwide office sales managers who have demonstrated exemplary leadership and management skills, the announcement said.

John Keates of the Flemington office also was among those to receive the award, the announcement said.

Penny Toombs of Basking Ridge Coldwell Banker office wins top award for international sales associate

Maxwell also announced the names of Somerset County sales associates who earned the company’s International President’s Awards for their sales success in 2011. The winners, listed by office location, include:

In the top 2 percent of Coldwell Banker's 85,000 of sales associates internationally:

Penny Toombs, Basking Ridge

Cherie Berger, Warren/Watchung

In top 4 percent:

·         Yasmine Harounian-Azizi, Bedminster/Bridgewater

·         Joann Deady, Bernardsville

·         Lee Opperman, Bernardsville

·         Mary V. Hines, Hillsborough

·         Steven Lebedin, Hillsborough

·         Joanne Liscovitz, Hillsborough

·         Holly Tang, Hillsborough

In the top 8 percent: 

·         Bruce Yeager, Basking Ridge

·         Marie Young, Basking Ridge

·         Kathryn Barcellona, Bedminster/Bridgewater

·         Gary Celeste, Bedminster/Bridgewater

·         Paula Vignali, Bedminster/Bridgewater

·         Jane Devine, Bernardsville

·         Susan Felter, Bernardsville

·         William Landesman, Bernardsville

·         Vincenza Montrone, Bernardsville

·         Peggy Oblack, Bernardsville

·         Nan Reil, Bernardsville

·         Holly Riebel, Bernardsville

·         Gale Sauchelli, Bernardsville

In the top 12 percent:

·         Marilyn Grum, Basking Ridge

·         Karen Kovacs, Basking Ridge

·         Patricia Deseno, Bedminster/Bridgewater        

·         Michelle Lee, Bedminster/Bridgewater        

·         Terry Londenberg, Bedminster/Bridgewater        

·         Susan Burke, Bernardsville    

·         Ann Calistri, Bernardsville    

·         Trish Grish-Katchen, Bernardsville

·         Marge Mueller, Bernardsville

·         Don Philhower, Bernardsville

·         Antoinette Schielein, Hillsborough

·         Janet Weber, Hillsborough

·         Barbara Kukura, Warren/Watchung

“I am extremely proud of our Somerset County agents who overcame the challenges of the current market to achieve remarkable sales and successful results for their clients,” said Maxwell. “They have proven themselves time and again as exceptional real estate agents.”

Peapack-Gladstone Bank collecting 'Baby Bundles' for those in need 

Springtime is a period of rebirth and renewal, and a time when buds blossom, trees flower and when babies are born! And at this time, Peapack-Gladstone Bank is announcing that its branches will next week collect "baby bundles" to help newborns whose families are in need start life "happier and healthier, according to a news release from the bank.

"Did you know many low-income families, right in our own communities, struggle to purchase the basic needs of diapers, wipes, formula and essentials for their newborns, leading to potential health risks?" spokewoman Roseanne Schwab asked in a release from the bank. "Many times parents have to choose between putting food on the table or diapers on their babies."

The United Way of Northern New Jersey, in Somerset County and Peapack-Gladstone Bank have recognized that need and from April 16 through May 18 will hold a Baby Bundles fund drive, the announcement said.

The bank will be collecting NEW clothing, baby food, diapers, bottles, blankets, and other necessities at many of its branches including: Bernardsville, Chester, Far Hills, Gladstone, Long Valley, Piscataway, Pluckemin, and Mendham, the bank said.

Those Baby Bundle donations later will provide needy expectant parents and new mothers with supplies to provide for basic human needs.

In addition, Peapack-Gladstone Bank along with the United Way of Hunterdon County will simultaneously be collecting and distributing diapers and wipes for low-income families at its Califon, Oldwick and Whitehouse branches. With the Diaper Bank fund drive, Peapack-Gladstone Bank will be providing needy families in Hunterdon County the supplies they need to give their infants a better start in life, the release said.

In addition, diapers and incontinence supplies will be accepted for people with disabilities and those that are elderly and ill, according to the bank's announcement. Many of those items are not covered by insurance and Medicare, so these adults generally bear this expense for the remainder of their lives.

The bank is asking customers to pick up an item or two, and then to stop and deposit a donation in the collection bin at one of the listed Peapack-Gladstone Bank branches between April 16 and May 1

 Established in 1921, Peapack-Gladstone Bank is a $1.60-billion asset, wholly owned community bank that offers a full range of quality banking products and services to businesses and residents through 23 full-service branches in Essex, Somerset, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris and Union counties.