Asbury Park

Fastlane vintage car garage gets preliminary approval

Owners must return to planning board for façade plans

By Molly Mulshine
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A storage garage for vintage cars is one step closer to reality after last night’s planning board meeting. The garage will be located in a former meatpacking warehouse. The lot fronts mostly on Summerfield and Bangs avenues, with additional frontage on Bond Street. The garage’s loading area fronts on Summerfield Avenue. On the Bangs Avenue […]

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Oct 23, 2012
Asbury Park Schools

Principal meets parents at school district event

'I came through this machine, I understand it very well'

By Hannah Walker
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At last week’s School District Meet-and-Greet in the Barack Obama Building, parents and district employees discussed parent programs and formally met some new administrators, including high school principal Reginald Mirthil. MEETING THE PRINCIPAL Mirthil, who is an alumnus of Asbury Park High School, just started as principal in September. “I am humbled to stand before […]

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Oct 23, 2012
Allenhurst

Allenhurst police blotter

Oct. 12 to 14, 2012

By Hannah Walker
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From Oct. 12 to 14, the Allenhurst Police Department reported the following incidents: OCT. 12 • After being stopped for driving with an expired inspection sticker, a 46-year-old West End woman was arrested for driving without vehicle insurance. She was processed and released on traffic summonses for failure to inspect, operating an unregistered vehicle, driving […]

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Oct 23, 2012
Asbury Park

Charter study talk slated for Oct. 29

Change of gov't expert to address public

By Molly Mulshine
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Those seeking information about the upcoming charter study commission vote are invited to the West Side Community Center for a public forum about changes of government. If approved by a majority of voters on Nov. 6, a charter study commission [CSC] would scrutinize the city’s current form of government and possibly recommend changes. At the […]

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Oct 22, 2012
Allenhurst

Auto race draws estimated crowd of 3,000

Beach front 'Race of Gentlemen' featured pre-WWII cars, motorcycles

By Molly Mulshine
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Despite tidal issues, the inaugural Race of Gentlemen went off without a hitch at the Allenhurst and Loch Arbour beach front this weekend. “We had zero problems,” said Allenhurst Police Chief Robert Richter of the event. “This was the first time this town has seen anything like that. It was something new for us.” The […]

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Oct 22, 2012
Asbury Park

Police, firefighters to duke it out in Guns vs. Hoses football game

Pumpkin Pick & Paint also slated for Sunday

By Molly Mulshine
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The Asbury Park Police Department and Fire Department will meet for the first annual Gun vs. Hoses flag football game on the beach this weekend to raise funds for their respective charities. The game starts at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, with a rain date of the following Sunday. The firefighters will play for […]

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Oct 19, 2012
Asbury Park

Two local men shot on Main Street, police say

Both being treated at area hospital

By Molly Mulshine
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Two Asbury Park men were shot at 1:23 a.m. this morning on Main Street, according to Marc Lemieux, director of investigations for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. The shooting occurred in the street, in the area of 1217 Main St. [pictured above] between Fourth and Fifth avenues, Lemieux said. The two victims, ages 28 and […]

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Oct 19, 2012
Asbury Park

Residents protest rent hikes at Stephen Manor, Vita Gardens

Unclear whether increases will affect those without gov't subsidies

By Molly Mulshine
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Residents of the Stephen Manor and Vita Gardens housing developments attended Wednesday night’s council meeting to protest impending rent increases — but according to officials, it is unclear if any of the complexes’ residents will have to pay the increases themselves. Both facilities were recently purchased by Vitus Group, a Manhattan-based firm that specializes in […]

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Oct 19, 2012
Asbury Park

Vita Gardens, Stephen Manor projects to seek more local workers

Developer creates list of positions needed

By Molly Mulshine
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Developers of a $7 million renovation project at the Stephen Manor and Vita Gardens housing developments are seeking more local contractors to fill jobs on site after receiving complaints that they weren’t hiring enough area workers. The Vitus Group of Manhattan recently bought both complexes and is rehabilitating them. In June, Vitus Group’s Scott Langan […]

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Oct 19, 2012
Asbury Park

Palace Amusement artifacts now subject to state oversight

DEP steps in after two pieces reported missing

By Molly Mulshine
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The state’s Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] has created a list of historic artifacts from the former Palace Amusement complex that cannot be moved from their current storage locations unless boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette (or Madison Asbury Retail, LLC) informs the DEP first. Two artifacts from the former Palace Amusement complex [pictured above] — a […]

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