A known gang member found to be in possession of three firearms was arrested on Tuesday after running from the police, Asbury Park Police Captain Anthony Salerno said. At around 5 p.m. on Jan. 29, Rahiem Gresham, 19, of Asbury Park, fled during a police investigation, Salerno said. Officer Frank Sangi pursued the suspect. The [...]

The city’s charter study commission met on Monday, Jan. 29, at the Springwood Center. The group interviewed city manager Terence Reidy as part of their mission to study the city’s form of government. This was the third time Reidy met with the commission. The commission, which consists of five elected members, is tasked with studying [...]

A Neptune man was arrested just after 2 p.m. yesterday after giving police chase, according to Asbury Park Police Captain Anthony Salerno. The man allegedly had been in possession of a gun. During an investigation in the area of Sewall Avenue and Winn Street, the department’s narcotics and gang unit attempted to stop Lancelot Groves, [...]

The board of education’s state fiscal monitor Lester Richens has overturned a board decision and effectively appointed Colleen White to a new position, according to district communications officer Christina Coloma. Superintendent Denise Lowe recommended the appointment of White to a new position at the Jan. 22 board of education [BOE] meeting. After the motion didn’t [...]

Two men were injured in the Vita Gardens housing complex early Monday morning, Police Chief Mark Kinmon has said. Just before 1 a.m., a 21-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen and a 22-year-old man was shot in the arm, Kinmon said. Both are from Asbury Park. Neither sustained life-threatening injuries. The men drove themselves [...]

The Asbury Park Little League is getting ready to begin its new season. This Saturday, Feb. 2, a pancake breakfast party at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School will mark the last day of Little League sign-ups for the 2013 season. Registration began the first week of January, according to Little League president Danny McKee. The league [...]

From Jan. 23 to 28, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: JAN. 23 • A 35-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with shoplifting in the 900 block of Summerfield Avenue. JAN. 24 • A 28-year-old female from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, burglary and resisting [...]

Community activist and charter study commission member Duanne Small, 43, has thrown his hat in the ring for this year’s May council election. Small, who has been an outspoken critic of the current council, was elected to the charter study commission in November 2012. The commission is tasked with scrutinizing the city’s form of government [...]

A local church leader is donating $10,000-worth of new speaker equipment to the high school in exchange for temporary use of the auditorium on Sundays. Lyddale Akins, pastor of the Triumphant Life Church on Asbury Avenue, attended the Jan. 22 board of education [BOE] meeting to talk about the donation and his organization’s use of [...]

Two Asbury transplants are looking to promote the downtown with a new marketing plan called APVibe. Morgan Sackman [pictured above, from left] and Rose Crean, who work for Sackman Enterprises, started APVibe as a side project, but it’s lately been their main focus. Sackman and Crean realize small business owners often don’t have time for [...]