• Ewaste items in New Jersey must be recycled

    Beginning this year, New Jersey now requires that televisions, computers, monitors and other items known as ewaste to be recycled. Ewaste contains lead, mercury, cadmium and other toxins. TVs and monitors contain large amounts of lead that is used to shield consumers from radiation. When disposed of in the regular garbage, these items pose a…

  • Jackson man preparing to lead Freehold Masons

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer The Free and Accepted Masons are an interesting part of American culture. Some people may associate phrases such as “secret society,” “mysterious rituals” and “hidden gold” with the Masons. For the next worshipful master of the Olive Branch Lodge No. 16 in Freehold, Albert Barbato, 43, of Jackson, and the…

  • Restaurant owners sentenced on tax scam, harboring aliens

    Two brothers-in-law who own Sawa Sushi Asian restaurants in Long Branch and Eatontownwere sentenced on Nov. 30 for their respective roles in failing to pay payroll taxes to the IRS and harboring unlawful aliens, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Mou Chor Tung, also known as Kenny Tung, 45, of Colts Neck, was sentenced to…

  • Police add equipment to investigative arsenal

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP —Police officers in Freehold Township will be adding a third Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) system unit to the two units they already have in operation. Municipal officials recently approved a resolution awarding ELSAG North America LLC a $22,600 contract for the equipment. According to ELSAG North…

  • Center Players hosts holiday favorites

    FREEHOLD — Center Players, South Street, will host the Traveling Literary Theater at 2 p.m. Dec. 11 for a performance of “A Christmas Carol.” This theatrical rendition of Charles Dickens’ ghost story is fully costumed in Victorian garb and is headed by the English stage actor James Dyne. Tickets, $12, include holiday refreshments and desserts.…

  • NPS: Sandy Hook beach fees based on area beach fees

    MIDDLETOWN — The National Park Service’s (NPS) proposal to double most parking fees at Sandy Hook is based on a market survey of the rates at beaches in the area near Sandy Hook, Raina Williams, public affairs officer at Gateway National Recreation Area, said in a recent interview. Williams was responding to concerns expressed by…

  • Eisenhower 8th-graders bring touch of Stardust

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A group of eighth-grade pupils at Freehold Township’s Eisenhower Middle School have a unique way of giving something back to the community — they sing. The students are advanced vocalists who perform in local venues to entertain and uplift students in local schools, and adults and…

  • Teachers can receive equipment

    The Freehold Soil Conservation District will provide free Plants for Pollinators in the Classroom resource kits to several teachers in Middlesex County and Monmouth County in early 2012. The Plants for Pollinators in the Classroom program is designed to help students discover the importance of native pollinators and to study the relationship between plants and…

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