Below is the Allenhurst police blotter from June 10 through 27. The information is published unedited from the Allenhurst Police Department: JUNE 27  • Police received a report of a bicyclist down, in the roadway, on Ocean Avenue. A check of the area found the bicyclist at Edgemont Drive and Ocean Avenue, in Loch Arbour,. The Deal [...]

Allenhurst police started up their pedestrian decoy program again this weekend successfully netting nine individuals who failed to properly yield to a plain clothed officer posing as a pedestrian at a crosswalk. Police set up at a crosswalk on Ocean Avenue and ran the decoy program for two hours on Saturday. Ten people were stopped [...]

Two partners of the Asbury Festhalle and Biergarten are on their way to securing a second business in Asbury Park — Baca Sushi Bar and Sports Lounge. Andrej Ivanov and Ladiflav Sebestyen, also business partners in Hoboken’s Pilsener House and Biergarten, have “fallen in love with the historic gateway location where Baca has been suffering from [...]

A locked bicycle taken from the 500 block of Bangs was recovered after the owner’s wife saw a man riding it the next day and alerted police. On Wednesday, July 9, a bicycle owner witnessed a man later identified as Borden Avenue resident Luis Antonio Vializ, 43, unlock his $1500 bike and ride away on [...]

A 17-year-old Asbury Park resident was allegedly robbed at knifepoint early Thursday morning by an 18-year old Red Bank man and two juveniles while he was walking home from the train station. At approximately 12:30 a.m. the teen was confronted by three males who demanded anything of value, Asbury Park Deputy Chief Anthony Salerno said. [...]

The Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County will host their third annual Porta Palooza fundraiser on Thursday, July 24 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the restaurant’s Abbot Room. Attendees can expect a fun time playing giant Jenga, participating in a bean bag toss and other games while winning prizes and having fun for [...]

The Asbury Park Board of Education voted to appoint Gregory Allen to the top position in the district, this time in an interim role. Board member Christian Hall made a motion to appoint Allen as the district’s interim superintendent, board member Felicia Simmons seconded the motion. The vote passed 5-2. Board President Geneva Smallwood, Vice-President [...]

Asbury Park’s custom jeans and vintage apparel shop Sweet Joey’s was selected as the first video in the “Made in Asbury Park” series to be released on YouTube. The series is produced by Asbury Park Waterfront, master waterfront redeveloper iStar Residential’s marketing initiative, as a means to celebrate thriving Asbury Park businesses. Eight videos will [...]

An art show and fundraiser at Hotel Tides on August 3 will showcase pieces created by Center clients during a 13-week creativity workshop. The workshop, meant to foster self-awareness and a sense of well-being, utilized art as a segue to more open verbal communication. Local artist Steven Brunner organized the workshop and led the group [...]

The Asbury Park Zoning Board of Adjustment granted unanimous approval to two West Side residential development projects that will not only begin to reshape a major West Side thoroughfare, but aim to be the first buildings in the county to achieve gold standard Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design [LEED] certification. The two buildings, named 201 [...]