A group of merchants come to work on Sunday to show a little love for the out-of-work.
Carol D'Oriano of Holmdel hears a lot of stories in her Palmer Avenue barber shop. Some of them are about the hard times people are facing in the bleak job market. She wanted to something to help. So on Sunday, her staff volunteered to open up shop and offered free haircuts to the unemployed. It was the first time Carol's Shore Cuts sponsored such an event. She didn't know what to expect, but seven men and one woman ventured, each with an unemployment check stub to show. "They told stories about how they can't get a job, don't have interviews," she said. "Some of them said they were in a rut, and put on weight, and gotten lazy about grooming." "I hope a new haircut helps them land a job," said D'Oriano. Carol's Shore Cuts first announced …
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The march of young men returning to school or sitting for senior portraits goes right to the door of Holmdel Barber Carol D'Oriano.
When a young man heading back to school looks into his mirror and imagines himself looking even better with a buzz cut, flatop, or a faux-(mo)hawk, he checks in with Barber Carol D'Oriano of Holmdel. On Monday, when most hair stylists are relaxing on a day off, the electric clippers were zzzzing at Carol's Shore Cuts, located at the end of a strip mall on Palmer Avenue in Hazlet. It used to be known as "Jay's Haircutters" for 35 years until D'Oriano, his longtime employee, bought him out March 1 and established her dream business. The door opened and Holmdel Football player Chris Germinario, 17, doffed his cap and announced he needed a "fade-into-a-flip." Carol directed him to Barber Mark Solomon who worked his tools on the teen with …
