Leaders of the The Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN] hosted a bus tour of the city’s West Side Friday. AP CAN is a grassroots initiative led by faith-based groups in the city. It was started in November of last year in response to a spate of shootings that occurred in the city. The bus tour [...]

An Asbury Park resident was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he admitted he threw two handguns out of a window while leading police on a motor vehicle chase throughout the city last year, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Christopher Melendez, 27, was sentenced Friday before Monmouth County Superior Court [...]

Ten youths were given certificates of completion and cards that show would-be employers they have successfully finished the Go for the Gold program and are capable of holding down gainful employment at a graduation ceremony held Thursday in the Springwood Center. Go for the Gold, a program made possible by the CDI, gives youths a [...]

Mayor Myra Campbell read a statement aloud at the Wednesday Asbury Park City Council meeting calling for the legalization of pot. In her statement, Campbell said while she doesn’t participate in the use of illegal drugs, with the prevalence of marijuana use from “people of all walks of life,” the law does more harm than [...]

Downtown Asbury Park developer Sackman Enterprises is disputing the start date for five years’ worth of payments to the city owed on the Steinbach’s building. The calculations are a year off, Sackman said, and the difference in payment is about $100,000 less than the city claims. The amounts in dispute are owed under a payment [...]

The Asbury Park Fishing Club is sponsoring its 2nd Annual Carp Fishing Contest on Sunday, April 13 from 7 a.m. until noon. The contest is free to the public with prizes awarded in four categories: $75 for largest carp, $50 for second place, $50 for most carp caught and $25 for the junior winner under 12 [...]

A majority of the city’s residents may not be recycling, according to Councilman John Moor. The city collects recycling on a once-weekly basis, and when Moor puts his cans out he notices few of the homes within the area are doing the same. “To me, 80 percent of the town is not recycling,” he said. [...]

A 64-year-old Asbury Park resident accused of swinging a machete at a woman after a verbal disagreement they were having escalated has been indicted. A Monmouth County Grand Jury handed up an indictment Wednesday charging Lonzie Crawford, 64, Washington Avenue, with one count each of third-degree aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, fourth-degree unlawful possession of [...]

If the research is true, over three-quarters of the people that read this article have a fear of public speaking. On Thursday, April 10th, Jan Sparrow and Scott Asalone, co-owners of Words! Bookstore in Asbury Park, will help attendees combat those fears at a one-time workshop,  ”Taking the Fear Out of Public Speaking”, or “How to Talk About [...]

Well known figures from the comic book industry will gather at the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel April 12-13 for the Fourth Annual Asbury Park Comicon,  New Jersey’s pre-eminent comic-book convention. Thousands of fans are expected to descend on the event as well, this year held at the historic Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel. The con features an all-star line-up [...]