Faced with an overflow crowd of over 150 people, and a defect in the publishing of a legal notice, the Loch Arbour Board of Commissioners Monday night postponed a public hearing on an ordinance authorizing the village to purchase 4.8 acres of beachfront. The commissioner’s meeting room has a capacity of only 40 people. The […]

The Asbury Park school district has entered into a new agreement for professional legal services. The Board of Education at their June 12 meeting appointed Cooper Levenson April Niedelman & Wagenheim, P.A. as their new attorneys. The vote was four in favor with four abstentions. Board members Christian Hall, Nicole Harris, Joseph Raines, Jr., and […]

Local politicians and restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach gathered on the Asbury Park boardwalk Saturday to raise awareness about the impacts of extreme weather events on the area and to support President Barack Obama’s new climate change initiative. The press conference was an organized stop on the “I Will Act On Climate” bus tour. The bus, supported […]

Two weeks after a falling slab of concrete shut the outdoor promenades at Convention Hall, the Beach Bar in the south promenade reopened on Saturday. The north and east side promenades remain closed. The twelve foot by six foot slab fell on the north side, missing a baby shower that was scheduled less than an […]

The death of a 20 year old Asbury Park man shot and killed in the city on Friday night has been declared a homicide, according to Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Marc LeMieux. The county medical examiner completed the autopsy today of victim Tyrell Howard to determine the manner of death, said LeMieux, who declined to […]

Two weeks after a falling slab of concrete shut the outdoor promenades at Convention Hall, the Beach Bar in the south promenade reopened on late Saturday afternoon. The north and east side promenades remain closed. The twelve foot by six foot slab fell on the north side, missing a baby shower that was scheduled less […]

A 20 year old Asbury Park man was shot and killed in the city on Friday night in an incident involving “multiple shots fired,” Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Marc LeMieux said today. Tyrell Howard, Asbury Park Village, was hit by gunfire at approximately 10:16 p.m., while he was outside on Washington Avenue, said LeMieux. Howard […]

Asbury Park resident Ryan Matthews [above and right] has won the SEA Paddle NYC race around Manhattan for the second year in a row. Mathews, 30, finished the 25 mile course in 4 hours and 35 minutes, which was the fastest overall. Competitors can compete standing up or in the prone position. Matthews — an […]

Two women facing charges of animal cruelty from a July incident in which one dog died pled guilty today in Asbury Park Municipal Court, according to a Monmouth County SPCA official. Asbury Park residents Juanita White and Davina L. Kearney faced multiple charges of animal cruelty stemming from the incident in which two pit bulls under […]

Several signs to alert would-be criminals of a local neighborhood watch network are in place throughout Asbury Park, and more will be added as the group continues to figure out their organization’s arrangement. Members of the Asbury Park Police Department  and local citizens that wish to form a watch network met again on Thursday to […]