Two members of the Asbury Park City Council at a meeting held Wednesday talked about the recent sweep of arrests made in the city in connection with gun use, drug sales and violent crimes. “I’ve got to commend all of those involved,” said Mayor Myra Campbell, although she acknowledged she and other member of council [...]

Three of Asbury Park’s native sons will share their recollections of city’s jazz scene from the 1940s to today in a panel discussion held at the old Oakhurst School in Ocean Township in March, according to a release from the Ocean Township Historical Museum. The event is the next in the Ocean Township Historical Museum’s [...]

European-style bistro Dauphin Grille and connecting Berkeley Bar, located in Asbury Park’s Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, have closed. “We love the hotel and we love the space but it is not who we are from a business standpoint,” said restaurant owner Marilyn Schlossbach. Recent changes in the corporate management of the hotel provided Schlossbach and her business [...]

Bistro Ole, one of the first restaurants to open in downtown Asbury at the start of the business district’s economic revitalization, closed its doors on February 14. “Bistro Ole would like to thank our devoted staff and our customers for ten and a half years of celebrations and memories,” said Bistro Ole partner Rico Rivera. [...]

Gregory Hopson, Jr.,, 25, pled guilty Tuesday to first degree aggravated manslaughter in connection with the October 11, 2011 shooting death of Asbury resident RyeKill Agostini, 30, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Hopson also pled guilty to an unrelated third degree theft charge concerning an unrelated incident that occurred [...]

The landmark Steinbach building in downtown Asbury Park is up for sale with an asking price of  $27 million, according to a statement from Brookfield Financial Real Estate Group New York, which is the sales agent for the property. The building is owned by Sackman Enterprises. Sackman principal Carter Sackman could not immediately be reached [...]

A Monmouth County Grand Jury handed up an indictment on Feb. 14 charging Asbury Park resident Jorge Sanchez-Aparicio with several counts of aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, according to court documents. Sanchez-Aparicio, 33, of the 1100 block of Asbury Avenue, was indicted on four counts each of first-degree aggravated sexual assault [...]

Shakri Prince was picked up by Asbury Park police and officers from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Saturday, according to Charles Webster, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office. Prince , 20, of Willow Drive in Ocean Township, was one of 31 defendants named in Operation Dead End, a multi-agency police dragnet that honed in on criminal activity [...]

From Feb. 12 to 17 the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: FEB 12 • A 46-year-old male from Neptune City was arrested and charged with defiant trespassing in the 1400 block of Springwood Avenue. • A 21-year-old female from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with simple assault in the 200 block [...]

The city council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. There are no items on the agenda for executive session discussion. The workshop session begins at 6 p.m. and regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda for [...]