The police department recently welcomed six new patrol officers to its ranks, all of whom were recently laid off by the Trenton Police Department. The new recruits — Joe Leon, Crystal Everett, Thomas Gogan, Matt Czajkowski, Barry Hollo and Jonathan Cincilla [pictured above] — were sworn in last Friday and yesterday was their first official […]

Shots were fired into a Monroe Avenue home just past 9 p.m. on Saturday night, Police Chief Mark Kinmon said today. No arrests have been made yet, Kinmon said. There were no injuries and the case is under investigation. The incident was called in to Police Headquarters and officers were dispatched to the area, the […]

The city will be hosting a meeting Thursday morning for Asbury business owners to discuss continuing the Bamboozle concert festival next year with promoter LiveNation. “The purpose is to have a conversation about moving forward,” said Tom Gilmour, the city’s director of commerce and development. “LiveNation would like to do a concert again in the […]

After a split vote on the same matter at a previous meeting, the Asbury Park Board of Education last night unanimously approved Bro. Min. John Muhammad to speak at three district schools this month. Muhammad is a community activist and founder of the GANG [Going After the Next Generation] Organization, as well as a minister […]

A group of citizens seeking the recall of the current council learned today that the city has approved their notice of intention, which is the first step in the recall process. The group, led by community activist Duanne Small, filed the notice of intention at city hall last week. They hope to file five recall […]

An administrative law judge has ruled that Interlaken’s school-aged children will be able to attend West Long Branch and Shore Regional schools on an interim basis until Department of Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf comes to a permanent decision on the borough’s send-receive relationship with Asbury Park. About 20 students from Interlaken have been attending West […]

After last month’s Bamboozle music festival, the city of Asbury Park stands to receive $200,000 from concert promoter LiveNation — the guaranteed minimum it expected. The city’s agreement with LiveNation promised Asbury Park more money if certain ticket sales goals were met, but numbers did not reach those expectations, according to city manager Terence Reidy. […]

The Jersey Pride Parade is underway, passing through downtown Asbury Park on Cookman Avenue. The parade route takes the procession north on Grand Avenue, where it will turn east at Sunset Park to the Jersey Pride Festival grounds in front of Convention Hall. The festival will conclude at 7 p.m. This is a statewide festival […]

The Jersey Pride Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary on Sunday in Asbury Park. The city has hosted every Pride Festival since the first in June, 1992. This year’s marks the 21st annual event. The Jersey Pride Parade starts at noon on Sunday and heads down Cookman Avenue and Grand Avenue on its way to the […]

Asbury Park School District Superintendent Denise Lowe held a town hall meeting last night to discuss goals for the district and what has been accomplished in the past year — although it appeared no one from the public attended. With those in attendance mostly members of the school’s faculty and staff, Lowe went on with […]