Business Briefs

Barbara Davis Employment Services, Red Bank, marked its 19th anniversary by presenting an annual corporate contribution to 180 Turning Lives Around, Hazlet, its 2006 charitable recipient. The agency received a $1,700 check, and is the seventh charitable foundation to benefit from the Davis’ annual milestone celebration. Barbara Davis Employment Services places full-time regular and temporary employees to meet the needs of its client base.

The New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium (NJMSC), Sandy Hook, has been honored with a 2006 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award, which recognizes outstanding environmental performance, programs and projects in the state. NJMSC received the Healthy Ecosystem Award category for its Habitat Initiative. The project includes research, education and outreach to advance the science and practice of restoration ecology and links habitat restoration to the secondary production of managed species and its forage base. The Initiative’s success has helped make New Jersey a leader in restoration ecology. The nonprofit NJMSC is dedicated to advancing knowledge of New Jersey’s marine and coastal environment.

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union No. 164, Paramus, recently graduated 105 local men and women from its electrical and telecommunications apprenticeship training programs. Local telecommunications graduate was Bruce Hockenberry, Keyport; and electrical graduates were Mark Cassidy, Hazlet, and Joseph Crivelli, Little Silver.

The electrical apprentice program was a five-year program, and the telecommunications program four years. Applicants must be age 17 or older, possess a high school diploma or GED, have one year of algebra, and a valid driver’s license.