Talesha Crank has thrown her hat in the ring for a spot on the nine-member Asbury Park Board of Education [BOE]. For the first time, BOE elections will be held alongside general elections on Nov. 6 this year. Previously, they were held in the spring. Crank moved to Asbury Park from Neptune just over three […]

A resolution enabling an emergency appropriation to close a $1 million gap in the 2012 municipal budget was approved unanimously at last night’s council meeting. This resolution will allow the city to seek a $1 million bond to pay off a shortfall in the budget’s line item for employee health insurance. Council voted on the […]

The relatives of Dericke Williams, who was fatally shot on Sept. 21, attended last night’s council meeting and implored local parents and city officials to find a way to stop gun violence. Williams was the third young man to fall victim to shooting homicide in the month of September. No arrests have been made in […]

Gerard Dalton is approaching the end of his first year on the Asbury Park Board of Education [BOE] and asking voters to elect him for another year. Dalton was appointed to the nine-member board last year after a member resigned. He is running for one more year to finish that member’s term. After that, he […]

The city is one small step closer to a new park on Springwood Avenue. Workers removed oil tanks [pictured at right] from the block of Springwood where the park is planned, between Union and Atkins avenues, on Monday. One of the tanks had a leak, so the soil around that tank must be taken out, […]

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 second vote on the resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation on the budget to rectify a $1 million […]

From Sept. 20 to 30 the Allenhurst Police Department reported the following incidents: SEPT. 20 • Officers arrested a 24-year-old Brick Township woman and a 24-year-old Long Branch man during the course of a motor vehicle stop. The vehicle was originally stopped because the vehicle registration was expired. The female passenger was arrested after giving […]

City officials recently announced a shortfall of $1,070,000 in the city’s 2012 budget more than a month after its approval — but according to former chief financial officer [CFO] Juan Uribe, those who put the budget together knew of the discrepancy all along. “This was a deliberate move suggested by the auditor to the city […]

From Sept. 16 to 27 the Asbury Park police department made the following arrests: SEPT. 16 • A 33-year-old male from Neptune was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and obstruction of justice at the intersection of Springwood and Atkins avenues. SEPT. 20 • A 27-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with […]

Local bar owner John McGillion is using local talent to name three new bars, and he’s planning to pick the winners on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at Johnny Mac’s on Main Street. McGillion recently purchased the former Adriatic restaurant and has been doing construction there for the past few months. He’s also been running a naming […]