MENDHAM, N.J. – MAY 24, 2007 – Six Sales Associates with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Mendham, New Jersey, were recently named to the company’s President’s Club for their outstanding achievement in sales production.

Real Estate professionals Aliki Ellas, Jane McNeil, Pamela Tishman, Pauline Derrick, Janet Ellis and Diane Tolley were all acknowledged at the company’s award luncheon in March. Mendham office manager Sandra Laughlin announced their awards and gave personal remarks in tribute to their accomplishments.

Ellas is a distinguished sales professional who is a Certified Relocation Specialist and New Homes Sales Specialist.

McNeil is a 15-year real estate veteran and is a Certified Previews Specialist that specializes in luxury homes and historic properties. She was recently named the Associate of the Month for March 2007.

Tishman was named to the company’s Multi-Million Dollar Club for 2005 and was also a President’s Circle winner in 2004 and 2003.

Derrick is an accomplished Broker Sales Associate having been named to the NJAR® Multi-Million Dollar Sales Club for her many years of exceptional sales performance.

Ellis specializes in buyer representation, resales and new construction serving as a Certified Relocation Specialist and Previews Specialist.

Tolley is certified as a Relocation and Previews Specialist, and was named to the President’s Club in 2005, 2004 and 2003 and the company’s Multi-Million Dollar Club in 2004.

by Mark Kitchin, Daily Record

Athletes at a basketball camp expect to learn about passing lanes and ways to improve their shooting skills. They don't expect to get lessons about apartheid, Nelson Mandela and the poverty of South Africa.

However, some of the future Minutemen were in for a surprise when former Mendham athlete Brad Laughlin talked about lessons in life that go far beyond hitting shots and winning basketball games. He gave a 15-minute talk on the importance of believing in yourself, being Advertisement unselfish and being grateful for what you have and, in the process, relayed some experiences he had trying to help South African orphans battling to overcome a dire situation in their country.

"Unless you see something like that you don't necessarily understand that money doesn't buy happiness," Laughlin said. "Being rich in spirit is really what happiness is all about."

The 44-year-old Mendham and Duke University graduate works hard to fundraise for Seeds of Light, a non-profit organization working to make big changes in the Acornhoek district, a cluster of Third-World villages of about 60,000 people in the northern part of South Africa that was once a "homeland" area trapped in the throes of apartheid. In recent years the AIDS/HIV epidemic has created an overflow of thousands of orphans with little infrastructure set up to take care of them. In part of his talk, he focused on the difficulties of children who have lost their parents and have no one to look after them, have very little food and have to walk miles just to find drinking water.
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MENDHAM TOWNSHIP, N.J. – A new commercial venture has arrived in Mendham Township! "Commercial" may be the wrong word to describe this creative and artistic environment, but aside from Sammy's restaurant, it's the only business located in the Township.

In September 2005, June Shatken opened "The Art Studio," which is located in the small storefront next to the Brookside Post Office. Exhibits are presented, classes are given, art is displayed, dreams are realized. In this welcoming studio space, Ms. Shatken is realizing a dream of her own — to inspire, to nurture the creative spirit in every person, and to teach in an environment where students can feel safe and encouraged.
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While doing some late fall cleanup on my East Main street front lawn, my old (as in long time) friend, Marie Pfeiffer, stopped to chat. We reminisced about our years in the Mendham Junior Women's Club and how after 35 you were no longer junior but were eligible for senior status.

There were wonderful projects like the start-up of the Co-op Nursery School and the Opportunity Shop run by seniors where many of us swapped and recycled clothes, skates, skis and other paraphernalia. Lazy summer days were spent at the Mud Hole with fun and games at Labor Day and Halloween provided by the Fire Department. The kids' favorites were the races at the park and searching for potatoes embedded with dimes and quarters at the Mud Hole beach and shallow water and the fire engine rides after the Halloween parade at Hilltop School. Go to article >>

By Leslie Freidman

Probably the most high-profile real estate deal ever consummated by immigrants, at least in the Tri-State metropolitan area, was the purchase of Manhattan. In 1626, Dutch representative (read: early real estate dealer) Peter Minuit boughl the island for his people from local Native Americans. The story varies, but according to most accounts the sellers were the Canarsee Indians. (Other sources claim the sellers to be the Shinnecock or the Algonquin.) The price paid for the real estate also varies, according to the storyteller or historian. However, it is known to have been somewhere in the neighborhood of $24 worth of beads, 30 beaver skins, 60 gilders, or a few bales of clolh. Depending.
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