Members of Cooper Levenson’s executive committee accept the Seven Seals award from the New Jersey Employer Support Guard and Reserve. From left are Robert E. Salad, Michael Jacobson, Kenneth J. Calemmo Jr., Donna Clementoni of the Guard and Reserve, Air Guard Command Sgt. Major Michael Francis and retired Air National Guard Col. Barry Johnson. The award recognizes efforts by a citizen, business or organization that demonstrates outstanding support of the U.S. military.

Mary Santos surveys her New Jersey Avenue Serenity Boutique during its grand opening party Saturday, Nov. 19.
ABSECON – Mary Santos walks around her Serenity Boutique at 131 New Jersey Ave. staring at things as though she loves every item.

“You have to love fashion,” Santos said at her opening Saturday, Nov. 19. “You have to love what you’re doing.”

Santos attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York from 2000 to 2003, studying fashion merchandising and business.

Partners Cece Whitaker and Rich Krents show how a photo can come out with different backgrounds.
By STEVE PRISAMENT
Staff Writer

ABSECON – Artistic Photography Studios and Media Production at 159-B New Jersey Ave. is the culminating collaboration of two careers that have crossed frequently as they passed through time.

Rich Krents and Cece Whitaker were friends at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Md., Class of 1975.