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UPCOMING EVENTS
Polar Plunge to Benefit the Smile Rescue Fund for Kids On March 3rd, in honor of Patrick Houlihan, plungers gathered at the Crescent Beach Club in Bayville at Signature’s fundraiser for the Smile Rescue Fund for Kids, a Long Island based organization that helps kids with facial and craniofacial deformities. At the event was 17-year-old Saline from Kenya who suffered facial disfiguration from a severe bacterial infection. Kathy and Pete surprised Saline with the generous gift of paying her full school tuition and donated $10,000 to the foundation.
Easter Basket Donation • April 11th •
Shred-a-Thon
• April 13th & 27th •
Bring Your Dog to Work Day • April 23rd •
Administrative Professionals Day • April 24th •
Charity Walk for LLS • May 4th •
Commack Office Grand Opening • May 1st •
REIGNING CHAMPS We are so proud to announce that we won Best of Long Island for Best Real Estate Company for a THIRD year in a row and our very own Kathy Viard won Best Real Estate Broker again! SignaturePremier.com
Garden City Renovation Reopening • May 8th •
Hicksville Office Grand Opening • May 15th •
Family Fun Day • June 26th •
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2018 AWARDS CEREMONY We celebrated another great year of agent success at The Mansion at Oyster Bay. Congratulations to all of our agents on their hard work this past year, and thank you for making Signature your home!
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VISION BOARDING We had such a great time creating our vision boards for the year ahead‌2019 is our year!
A YEAR OF GROWTH We are currently ranked as the 3rd largest real estate company on Long Island, and achieved a sales growth of over 30% for 2018, far exceeding our closest competitors. Check out our Annual Market Report for more details.
GRAND OPENING In March we had the official grand opening of Majestic Pines. Models are now fully built, staged, and ready to preview! It is the largest single-family home development in the Town of Brookhaven. For more info, visit majesticpinesli.com. SignaturePremier.com
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WELCOME!
New Additions To Our Family
SIGNATURE CARES BLOOD DRIVE We hosted another successful Blood Drive this year!! Thank you to all the agents that promoted this event to the community, and to those that donated. We helped New York Blood Center with 37 donations, which impacted 111 lives!
BOWLING LEAGUE
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Shevaun Brown | Babylon Elvis Galvez | Babylon Beth Lambiase | Babylon Nicole Marzocca | Babylon Donna Myers | Babylon Kristi Piotrowski | Babylon Diana Zito | Babylon Karen Amereno | Commack Barbara Bianchini | Commack Michele Caro | Commack Charles Sanjurjo | Commack Lori Zulferino | Commack Georgia Basil | Dix Hills Marina Chavez | Dix Hills Jennifer Hartley | Dix Hills Alena Maraj | Dix Hills Jennifer Nicotra | Dix Hills Sharron Raziel | Dix Hills Jonathan Aronson | East Northport Charles Galiano | East Northport Russell Glickman | East Northport Fiona Goetz | East Northport Stacey Kitt | East Northport Larry Pinkus | East Northport Rashel Sadykov | East Northport Edwin Barrera | Floral Park Margaret McNamara | Floral Park Meredith Naughton | Floral Park Stacey Cavaliere | Garden City Elizabeth Goldman | Garden City David Pescetto | Garden City Umahoin Russel | Garden City Alicia Joseph | Hicksville Herman Villamizar | Hicksville Berlinda Gabe | Huntington Susan Tenenbaum | Huntington Patricia Magner | Locust Valley Erika Viscovich | Locust Valley Elsie Durso | Massapequa Craig Krummel | Massapequa Janet Krummel | Massapequa Carmela Maitra | Massapequa Lisa vonCzerniewicz | Massapequa Sean Barravecchio | Merrick Steven Beichert | Merrick Karen Macchia | Merrick Edward Maniscalco | Merrick Toni Occhipinti | Merrick Jeannie Shipman | Merrick
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WELCOME!
New Additions To Our Family
TOP PRODUCERS DINNER Pete and Kathy treated our top agents to an appreciation dinner and a fun night at One North in Jericho. Peter Morris said it best- their character exceeds their sales! Congrats to all!
Rosemary Wagner | Merrick Leslie Carbone | Northport Linda Jolly | Northport Jon Palmer | Northport Nora Anselmo | Patchogue Adam Ross | Patchogue Barbara Walters | Patchogue Jennifer Chavez | Rockville Centre Daniel Schieck | Rockville Centre Mitchell Weintraub | Rockville Centre Anthony Zapelli | Rockville Centre Carlin Adams-Nicholas | Smithtown Joanne DeMaio | Smithtown James Heym | Smithtown Melissa Lovallo | Smithtown Stacey Newham | Smithtown Louise Tudisco | Smithtown Susan Fromm | Woodbury Donna Kunzig | Woodbury Leonard Kunzig | Woodbury Samantha Ripka | Woodbury Jatinder Sharma | Woodbury Kulwinder Singh | Woodbury
THE REAL DEAL Signature Premier is the Real Deal! Make sure you grab a copy of The Real Deal, and check out our advertisement! The Real Deal provides cutting edge news on the real estate market in New York City and beyond.
We kicked off 2019 with our, There’s No Place Like Home Campaign.
This
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everything
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love about home, with a new feature every week!
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MARCH MEATBALL MADNESS Our best chefs cooked up their Signature meatballs and headed to the judge’s table. We raised even more money for the Smile Fund for Kids as well as St. Dominic’s Parish Outreach Program! Congratulations to our winners, Valerie Stone and Katherine Ciavarella!
MAKIN’ MOVES We are proud to announce that our very own Paul Duggan has been promoted to Executive Assistant. He will be replacing Erin Dantuono, who is getting married and moving out of
SWAB EVENT
state. Congratulations Paul and Erin!! Best of luck to you both!
We hosted a Swab Event, to find a bone marrow donor for Sharon Ventrice, a Fort Salonga resident, in hopes to save her life. A HUGE thank you to all that participated!!
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SIGNATURE SPOTLIGHT Behind every one of our agents and staff there is a wonderful support system. We love celebrating each other’s greatest moments! Here are some of our loved ones’ most recent accomplishments. Tony Donnino’s son, Matt, got married in Ireland to Cherrie and her 2 girls, Silin and Sophia.
Michele Denker’s daughter, Christina, passed her critical Care course and is now an ALS provider for Huntington. She also got accepted into St Johns paramedic school and just got her first job at Northwell Health as an EMT.
Kim Kosiba’s daughter, Isabella, was named Valedictorian of Smithtown Christian School’s Class of 2019 and will receive a great academic scholarship!
Ann Pizaro’s son, James, made Eagle Scouts in January.
Katherine Ciavarella’s grandson, Henry John Piccinnini, arrived on March 15 at 7:08 am weighing 7.4 lbs and 19 in. Wendy Butler’s daughter-in-law, Teresa Hui, has landed her first off-Broadway roll in the ensemble cast of The Big Bang Theory, The Musical Parody. Brendan Cribbin won two gold medals for snow-shoeing in the annual NYS Special Olympics Games in Rochester.
Debra Sosnow’s daughter, Kasia, has been named Vermont’s “Mentor of the Year,” receiving recognition from governor Phil Scott at an awards ceremony. Donna Pitrelli’s step daughters both have huge milestones! Elise got engaged to Andy in Turks & Caicos and Kristen is expecting her second child any minute now and the sex will be a surprise! Louise Tudisco’s daughter was accepted to the pharmacy program. She’ll skip her 4th year of college and start Grad school.
Eliot Lonardo was selected as an Honoree at this years South Huntington Educational Foundation Gala!
Robert Kothe and his wife Cathy were featured in Newsday for Cathy’s worldrecord-breaking Garfield collection.
John Cinque’s, daughter, Jaclyn has a new HR job at Pepsico in White Plains as their Operations Assistant Analyst. Lauren Roye’s 4th grandson, Sean Christopher, was born to her son Brian and his wife Jackie on Feb 1, at 8lbs 11oz. Andy Yakubovsky welcomed a beautiful grandchild on February 28th, Emma Agnes Yakubovsky, daughter of Andrew & Lindsay Yakubovsky. 5lbs 2oz at 19 in. Kaitie Monda completed her 4th marathon to raise money for Jared Antle, suffering from a severe brain injury. Judy Pernice, author of The Adventures of Annabelle series, had a wonderful book review on Instagram and visited a local elementary school to read and sign books for grades K-2.
Regina McCann’s daughter, Natalie, was accepted at LIU Global and will be traveling for the next 4 years. This February marked 50 years that Yona Miller has been in the US! SignaturePremier.com
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