The Asbury Park City Council will hold a special meeting in September with representatives of the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] to discuss the state’s proposed redesign of Main Street, and local business owners and residents are invited to weigh in. Commonly referred to as the “road diet,” the plan would reconfigure Rt. 71, […]

In the wake of Friday’s fatal shooting incident in the city, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono visited Asbury Park to denounce Governor Christie’s veto of several gun-control measures. Standing in an empty lot on Washington Avenue, the same street 20-year-old Tyrell Howard was fatally shot Friday night, Buono called Christie’s gun-control measures a “hollow” attempt at gun […]

Ocean Township gets the featured spotlight in this Sunday’s New York Times real estate section which goes in depth every week on a town in the New York metropolitan area. The article was posted today on the paper’s website. Written by Times writer Jill P. Capuzzo, the article describes the various characteristics of the township, […]

The city council is scheduled to meet tonight in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Several special applications for liquor licenses are on the agenda. They include an application to extend […]

From Aug 14 to 19 the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: AUG 14 • A 20-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with possession of controlled dangerous substances [CDS]. • A 49-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property at police headquarters. • An 18-year-old […]

Atlantic City has officially acquired the Garden State Film Festival [GSFF] for at least the next three years. The city’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority [CDRA] voted Tuesday at their monthly meeting to provide financial assistance in the amount of $300,000 to the film festival over the next three years, according to Diane Raver, the festival’s […]

Area bluesman Ken “Stringbean” Sorensen [above] has been made almost whole after his van was stolen last month in Asbury Park, loaded with his vintage instruments and equipment. The instruments were recovered — and now, so has his van. All that remains missing is a PA system, Sorensen said. News of the theft went viral, […]

Asbury Park youth who will begin fifth grade this year are invited to attend a free, week long summer music camp. The Jazz Arts Project, a nonprofit organization, will run their 2013 Asbury Park Summer Music Camp for beginning instrumental music students at the Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County starting Aug. 26. Initiated […]

A major decision that may determine the Garden State Film Festival’s [GSFF] relocation to Atlantic City is scheduled to take place today. Atlantic City’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority [CDRA] will vote today after 2 p.m. as to whether they will provide financial assistance to the film festival, according to Diane Raver, the festival’s executive director. […]

A sixteen year old Asbury Park resident has been arrested and charged with robbery in Allenhurst. Ocean Township Police received a call Monday shortly before 6 p.m. from a West Allenhurst resident who reported they heard glass shatter nearby, according to a news release from the Township of Ocean Police Department. When police arrived on […]