The storm surge from Hurricane Sandy reached historic limits in Asbury Park as ocean water flowed up Deal Lake Drive to the Norwood Ave. bridge in front of the Santander high rise. Debris can be seen at Deal Lake Drive’s intersection with Park Ave. [above] marking how far the ocean water flowed. Deal Lake also […]

Jersey Central Power and Light [JCP&L] is reporting power outages for 922 customers in Asbury Park, according to its website. Fire chief Kevin Keddy has confirmed JCP&L’s estimate. “Some of these outages could last from seven to 10 days as a result of anticipated damage from the storm,” the JCP&L site reads. “Crews are assessing […]

City officials are still advising people in flood-prone areas of the city to evacuate as soon as possible, as buses heading to county evacuation centers will stop running at 5 p.m. A hurricane flood map of the city can be found here. This map is not a prediction based on Hurricane Sandy, but shows which […]

The Asbury Park Fire Department has issued a mandatory evacuation for all residents living in flood-prone areas, according to its official website. The evacuation, issued at 9 p.m., calls for evacuation of residents living near bodies of water; all residents living between Ocean and Grand avenues; and residents living along the Springwood Avenue corridor, including […]

Hurricane Sandy has been moving northward through the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to hit land somewhere on the Jersey Shore just before midnight tomorrow night, National Weather Service meteorologist Mark DeLisi said at 5:15 p.m. today. The storm’s pattern “differs from every storm that I can ever remember, in that it’s going to be […]

City residents living east of Grand Avenue and in lower-lying areas around lakes are being urged to evacuate, although the evacuation has not yet been made mandatory, city fire and EMS chief Kevin Keddy said at 4:30 p.m. today. “I want to stress that this is going to be a bad storm,” Keddy said. “There’s […]

Asbury Park’s schools will be closed on Monday, Oct. 29, due to the impending hurricane, officials announced today. A special board of education meeting originally set for Monday night has been rescheduled for Friday, Nov. 2, at Bradley Elementary School at 7 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the superintendent’s contract. The […]

The city and two waterfront redevelopers are seeking to extend the trial period for three boardwalk street light fixtures. The black decorative street lamps have sound systems to play music, and one has an LED digital screen that can display messages or advertisements. The three test lights were donated by Amerlux lighting system, city engineer […]

Hurricane Sandy is on its way to the northeast and forecasted to bring flooding and high winds to the Asbury Park area on Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service [NWS]. Valerie Meola, a meteorologist with NWS, said the region will start to see impact from the storm on Sunday, or even as […]

Officials from LiveNation have decided not to bring Bamboozle back to Asbury Park again in 2013, city manager Terence Reidy has confirmed. “They’re making an economic decision to try another site for 2013,” Reidy said. “They’re still going to work with the city [on other events], but for Bamboozle they’re looking elsewhere.” Last year was […]