Monmouth County officials doled out $15,000 in exchange for 218 weapons during  their gun buyback campaign Friday and Saturday. The anonymous program was sponsored by a Rumson resident who offered $25,000 of his own money to fund the campaign under one condition: one of the host locations had to be in Rumson. Authorities in Asbury […]

The Asbury Park City Council began an initial discussion Wednesday to amend a city ordinance that allows the sale of liquor to start at 7 a.m. on weekdays. The change would move the start time two hours later. The conversation was initiated by Councilwoman Amy Quinn. Quinn received “a number of emails” from residents who say […]

Asbury Park Middle School students now have a new, modern fitness facility at their disposal. Governor Christopher Christie [shown above, center] and Jake Steinfeld[at left], Chairman of the National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness and founder of Body by Jake, were on hand at the middle school Monday to cut the ribbon on the brand new facility […]

The Asbury Park High School [APHS] football team Friday night played for the first time in the school’s history under new stadium lighting installed at the Asbury Park football stadium. The lighting was installed two months ago and paid for by funds from the sale of a the former board of education building downtown, according to William […]

Asbury police arrested two individuals they suspect may have been the cause of a recent increase in burglaries within the northeast section of the city, according to Captain Anthony Salerno. On Sept. 17, 2013 at approx 1 p.m., police responded to a caller who reported an individual that they recognized as living nearby exiting their residence […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education held a special meeting Thursday to re-interview three candidates for the district’s superintendent position. The school board, prompted by the addition of two new members  — Kenneth Saunders, Jr. and Felicia Simmons — who were appointed to fill two vacancies last month, voted to reopen the search for a new district […]

An Asbury Park resident was shot this morning, authorities have confirmed. Just after midnight a 29-year-old male was shot multiple times outside of 1218 Washington Ave., said Charles Webster, public information officer for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s office. At 12:21 a.m. police received the call stating a man had been shot, according to Acting Monmouth […]

Two gun buyback programs will take place in Monmouth County Friday and Saturday, one in Asbury Park and one in Rumson. On Friday, Sept. 20 and Saturday, Sept. 21 Monmouth county residents can anonymously surrender weapons as part of the countywide program. “No questions asked and get cash back — that is the philosophy behind our gun buyback program,” Acting […]

Several members of the public made on-the-spot donations at Wednesday’s council meeting to help ease the burden of municipal fees for a community party. By the end of the meeting, a total of $330 dollars was collected to help mitigate a $250 street closure fee for a “Stop the Violence” block party. A request to […]

An Asbury Park man whose face was allegedly concealed by a bandana was arrested on gun charges after police attempted to approach him. On Sept. 16, police officers Frank Sangi and Kamil Warraich spotted Lawrence Brown, 29, in the area of Prospect Avenue and Church Street wearing a bandana around his face while walking with his […]