A couple Hollywood stars, famed musicians and state and local dignitaries came together Monday night to celebrate the grand reopening of Asbury Lanes. iStar CEO Jay Sugarman opened the night by thanking those who made the relaunch and night possible, including his Senior VP of Land & Development Brian Cheripka.   “Brian is our leader […]

Set against the picturesque Asbury Park oceanfront, Donna Setaro of Lacey spoke, as she has done over 930 times, in support of the Move Over Law. Setaro is the mother of fallen State Trooper Marc Castellano, who was fatally struck while responding to a call on the westbound side of I-195 in Howell eight years […]

The Asbury Park Environmental Shade and Tree Commission has launched a ‘Friends of’ 501(c)(3) nonprofit arm to help with the funding of their city-wide greening projects. “This has come about to continue the Asbury Park Environmental Shade Tree Commission’s [ESTC] commitment to further the beauty and health of our city,” chair Tom Pivinski said in […]

Des & The Swagmatics will kick of the Asbury Park Music Foundation free summer concert series on June 26 when Music Mondays at Springwood Avenue Park returns, and will return the following Wednesday for Asbury Park Live at the First Avenue Green on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. This year’s roster features a mix of local, […]

The Asbury Park City Council and members of the community paid special tribute Gerald ‘Jerry’ Scarano this week, just hours after learning the regular attendee, who often challenged procedure and practices, had died. Scarano, 63, and his roomate Harold Kelly, 48, were found dead inside the former’s Ocean Boulevard home, Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Spokesman […]

It’s been five years since Interfaith Neighbors’ Kula Café opened its doors on the corner of Springwood and Atkins avenues. A year later, the on the job 16-week training program aimed at helping the area’s younger generation obtain jobs in the hospitality industry, launched Kula Urban Farm. Located on neighboring land at 115 Atkins Ave, […]

A Brick man found standing on the should of Route 18 has been charged with the possession of over 30 packets of heroin and suboxone – a prescription drug used to reduce symptoms of opiate addiction and withdrawal, according to a news statement from the Ocean Township Police Department.  Charles A. Curto, 51, was charged […]

When the news broke via social media that a beloved member of the Asbury Park fray, albeit a Long Branch resident, had died, the words of condolences immediately began to pour in. “My friend, this news is absolutely tragic,” John Napolitani wrote in his Facebook post. “I can not believe what happened and can not […]

Three Asbury Park men have been charged in connection with the fatal 2017 Thanksgiving Eve shooting that occured along the 100 block of Prospect Avenue, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni announced in a Wednesday morning news conference held at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Satellite Office, located on the corner Main Street and Asbury Avenue. Steven […]

The Pulse nightclub massacre second anniversary was commemorated Tuesday with a moment of silence, poetry reading, song, and thanks for a community that rose to help plant the memorial grove in Library Square Park, bordered by Heck Street, Asbury, First, and Grand avenues. “Two years ago we experienced one of the worst travesties in modern […]