City officials have discovered a shortfall of $1 million in the 2012 municipal budget under the line item for employee health care, they announced at last night’s council meeting. City manager Terence Reidy, auditor Dave Kaplan and acting chief financial officer [CFO] Christine Paulin informed the city council and the public of the discrepancy. In […]

A Monmouth County Grand Jury handed up an indictment on Sept. 17 charging Thaddeus T. Reevey with murder and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. The charges are related to the Nov. 8, 2011, shooting death of 22-year-old Eric Freeman, of Asbury […]

Asbury Park’s city council will meet tonight in council chambers, with a closed executive session starting at 5 p.m.; a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Items on the agenda include: • A vote on the person-to-person and place-to-place transfer of a liquor license from local restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach […]

From Sept. 5 to 17, the Allenhurst Police Department reported the following incidents: SEPT. 5 • After stopping a 19-year-old Long Branch man for speeding, the investigating officer smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle. The subject refused to allow a search of his vehicle, and a narcotics K9 was called to the scene. While the […]

From Sept. 11 to 17, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: SEPT. 11 • A 23-year-old female from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with possession of a hypodermic needle or syringe and drug paraphernalia at the intersection of Deal Lake Drive and Kingsley Street. • A 33-year-old male from Asbury Park […]

Two boardwalk businesses — Siculiana’s Pizza and  Sully’s Beach House, Bagels and Ice Cream — have closed their doors. The boardwalk leases run from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, and it was agreed that the two businesses would not continue after the summer season, said Carrie Turner, director of retail for boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette. […]

A $50,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] was used to fortify the boardwalk the week before the Bamboozle music festival in May, according to city manager Terence Reidy. The grant was one of 25 awarded to municipalities for infrastructure repairs and announced by NJDOT on Sept. 12. The city used the […]

A beachfront search for the lost New Era monument yielded no results this weekend, and the Asbury Park Historical Society [APHS] is looking at replicating the 19th-century artifact. Asbury Park’s founder, James A. Bradley, erected the monument to the New Era shipwreck in around 1893, APHS member Don Stine said. The year after its installation, […]

A 24-year-old man was fatally shot on Sewall Avenue today, Police Chief Mark Kinmon has confirmed. The shooting occurred in the 1000 block of Sewall Avenue during the mid-afternoon today. The area of Sewall Avenue between Comstock and Langford streets is currently closed off with police tape [pictured above]. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the […]

Labor Day Weekend has come and gone but at the Asbury Park boardwalk, locals and visitors alike can have one last taste of summer at the Endless Summer Tiki Weekend. This is the second annual Tiki Weekend, according to Amanda DiRobella of boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette. The event began last year as a collaboration between […]