Ocean City business briefs, edition of June 6, 2012

Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, June 06, 2012 01:00 am

Prudential honors sales associates
Prudential Fox and Roach recently honored sales associates Jane Snyder, Bill Mack and Lorraine Swires from the Ocean City 34th Street office with a Leading Edge Award for their excellent sales performance for 2011, placing them in the top 11 percent of associates companywide.

Realtors recognized in Circle of Excellence
Prudential Fox and Roach congratulate the top-producing sales associates in the Ocean City offices for their New Jersey Association of Realtors recognition in the Circle of Excellence. Platinum awardees are Jeff Quintin, 55th Street office, and Cheryl Huber, 34th Street office; silver awardees are Joseph Sheppard, 55th Street office, and Kevin DeCosta, 34th Street office; and bronze awardees are Mary Louise Bowdler and Robin Parris, both 34th Street, and Nicole Presnall, Battersea office.
Four performance levels were designated for these awards: platinum - $25 million and 30 units minimum or 125 units; gold - $15 million and 25 units minimum or 90 units; silver - $7.5 million and 20 units minimum or 70 units; and bronze -$3 million and 15 units minimum or 30 units.

Meola rep receives Five Star award

Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, June 05, 2012 01:00 am

Lisa Meola, condominium department manager for the McMahon Insurance Agency of Ocean City, has been named a Five Star award winner. The designation is given to home and auto insurance managers from Five Star Professional and New Jersey Monthly magazine.DeMeola has more than 25 years of insurance experience and is a certified insurance counselor. She has been with the agency since 2000 and lives in Ocean City.

Here comes The Sun

Last Updated on Thursday, May 31, 2012 04:44 pm Written by Cindy Nevitt Sunday, June 03, 2012 01:00 am

photo courtesy of The Sun. Elsie Becker of Ocean City delivers The Sun-by-the-Sea in the newspaper’s bright yellow electric-powered LSV (low-speed vehicle).

New newspaper debuts in Ocean City

OCEAN CITY – The mother-and-son team of Dorothy and Rob Kulisek are expanding their news business.

Dorothy, an oil painter who worked in design and graphics for 25 years for other publications, founded The Sun in the last decade in Wildwood. Rob, a fine arts photographer, has joined his mother in the family business with the May debut of their second publication, The Ocean City Sun by-the-Sea.

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Marotta named 2012 Five Star agent

Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, May 30, 2012 01:00 am

Nick Marotta OCEAN CITY – Prudential Fox & Roach announced Nick Marotta, an Ocean City Battersea Office sales associate, was named by Five Star Professional as a New Jersey recipient of the 2012 Five Star Real Estate Agent award. The award winners appeared in a special section in the March issue of “New Jersey Monthly.”

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Philly Pretzel Factory arrives in Ocean City

Last Updated on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:10 am Written by Ann Richardson Saturday, May 26, 2012 01:00 am

Life takes a twist for local couple

Don and Brenda Moiso opened The Pretzel Factory in mid-May at Wonderland Pier on the Ocean City Boardwalk. The couple also owns the Somers Point location, where the pretzels are baked. OCEAN CITY — Endless batches of piping hot, fresh-twisted pretzels come out of the ovens of the Philly Pretzel Factory’s Somers Point bakery each day. The wholesome, delicious treats are distributed throughout the region, and with the recent addition of a new satellite location, they’re now putting smiles on the faces of hungry patrons on the Ocean City Boardwalk.

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Realtors fear the worst if National Flood Insurance Program is not renewed

Written by Ann Richardson Tuesday, May 22, 2012 01:00 am

OCEAN CITY — Encouraging first quarter sales statistics boosted the optimism of real estate professionals, but an ongoing snag with the National Flood Insurance Program threatens to derail the busy winter and spring seasons.

A series of short-term extensions have kept the program alive, but the current NFIP extension expires in less than two weeks and, to date, a reauthorization is not forthcoming.

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