The Iselin Pharmacy

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The Iselin Pharmacy has been a fixture on Green Street for ages.  In fact, it opened in 1959.  Gerry Weiner has been there since the beginning, and he’s seen plenty of changes over the years… like the traffic on Green Street!   But one thing that hasn’t changed?   The Iselin Pharmacy is still our neighborhood drug store, and you can still see Gerry’s smiling face behind the counter when you stop in to pick up your prescriptions; he’s there three times a week.

 In the photo (from left),

Jim Higgins, Sanjay Shah, and Gerald Wiener, behind the counter at the Iselin Pharmacy.

Sanjay Shah likes to stay out of the limelight, but he’s been the driving force behind the Iselin Pharmacy since 1995.  He is a good businessman, and he’s also very community-minded.  He often supports local activities and looks for opportunities to help make Iselin an even nicer place to live.  I stopped in to talk to him about an article I’d read, which you can read HERE.

The article talked about the Oak Tree Road/Green Street underpass, which is full of litter and overgrown plants, and very unattractive.  Mr. Shah’s idea is to clean it up – but since the area is owned by Amtrak, he must wait for permission before his idea can happen.

“It’s not really that I want the publicity,” he said, “I just want it to look nice in town.  On the one side, it looks nice with the new bushes.  If we can do something on the other side, it would create a better look.  The area is messy, the trestle is peeling, and I’d like to get something done with it.  I wasn’t trying to get any publicity because of this.” 

When asked what other kinds of things he’d like to see done around town, Mr. Shah said he is also interested in anything that will improve community safety.  “For example, I’d love to see lights to help people cross better, especially some of our seniors who have trouble getting across because of the traffic on Green Street.  The traffic can be really heavy, and people go too fast.” 

Signs in the Pharmacy reinforce what we already know – the Iselin Pharmacy is a “Good Neighbor Pharmacy,” even after all these years.