Hurricane Sandy

Business Owners Can Scan This List For Helpful Resources

Several federal, state and county agencies that offer help to Hurricane-Sandy affected businesses came to Middletown to introduce themselves.

When water crept five blocks into Port Monmouth and filled Alise Pipitone's house, basement and garage, it not only wrecked her home but also threatened to snuff the life out of the C&G Electrical contracting business. Ten inches of water ruined the home-based business's equipment and killed the phone, fax line and the Internet service. Painting contractor Bob Crane of Voorhees & Crane Painting, also in Port Monmouth, has a similar story. He said he lost $10,000 worth of equipment in the flooded basement of his home-based business, and insurance won't pay.  Both joined about 40 others Wednesday at the "Business After Sandy" Resources Forum at the Middletown Township Library, sponsored by the Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce. The forum…

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Last Chance: Register for Small Business Expo at Middletown Library

Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to better your small business.

Learn helpful tips for your business, after business hours, without traveling far, at the Small Business Expo on Wednesday night, May 23. From 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. the Middletown Library will transform into a hub of all things small-business related. The Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce will run an education seminar with a New Jersey representative from the Federal Small Business Association.   The seminar will provide insight about federal small business loans and will include presentations from Freeholder Thomas Arnone of the Grow Monmouth Initiative, Assemblywoman Amy Handlin, Congressman Frank Pallone and Rich Pettorossi, from the U.S. Small Business Administration. A question and answer session will also follow after the …

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