The Deal Lake Commission and Friends of Deal Lake are looking for additional help to clean Deal and Sunset lakes on Saturday, Oct. 26. Volunteers are asked to meet at the Asbury Park boat ramp, on Seventh Avenue across from the 7-11 store at  9 a.m. Anyone who can not make it to the boat […]

A federal grant that covers the majority of the cost to repair damages to the Asbury Park boardwalk caused by Hurricane Sandy has been approved, according to a news release issued Wednesday from Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s office. The city will receive $3,649,907 from FEMA, which will cover 90 percent of the project’s total cost. An […]

The following “Meet the Candidates” series continues to spotlight individual residents who seek a seat on the Asbury Park Board of Education. There are three three-year terms and two one-year terms up for contest on the Nov. 5 ballot, making a majority of the seats on the nine member board available. A total of nine candidates […]

Four bars may be one too many for a local entrepreneur. With a multi-phase project in the works on Main Street, a new bar and restaurant in the final stages on the waterfront and the recent acquisition of the landmark Cameo Bar, restaurateur John McGillion, owner of popular Main Street tavern Johnny Mac’s House of […]

[Editor’s note: “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross” is a six-part, six-hour documentary series by Henry Louis Gates Jr., a Harvard professor, author and critic. The series explores the 500-year history of Africans in America. It is being aired on PBS Tuesdays at 8 p.m. from Oct. 22 through Nov. 26.] Editor, the Asbury […]

From Oct 15 to 22 the Asbury Park police department made the following arrests: OCT 15 • A 34-year-old female from Wall was arrested and charged with possession of controlled dangerous substances [CDS] at the intersection of Washington and Ridge avenues. • A 49-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct […]

Members of the Asbury Park Board of Education selected a new superintendent of schools and filled a vacancy left by a board member who resigned at a special meeting held Wednesday. Board member Felicia Simmons made a motion to appoint Gregory Allen as the district superintendent of schools for a 5-year contract pending background and […]

An Austrio-Hungarian themed beer garden is yet another step closer to being realized in Asbury Park. Attorney Andrew Karas, Paramus, guided several members of the team proposing the two-story beer garden at 527 Lake Ave. through descriptions of the look, lighting, landscaping, type of food to be served, music and overall atmosphere of the restaurant […]

Asbury Park resident Malik A. Briggs, 25, was arrested Friday and charged with shooting a 28-year-old Neptune man outside of 1514 Monroe Ave. in Neptune Township in September, according to a prepared release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office [MCPO]. Neptune Township Police received a call man on Sept. 2, reporting a man had been shot […]

A city man was who had a previous conviction preventing him from possessing any weapons was convicted Wednesday on possession charges, according to a prepared release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. After a two-week long trial, a Monmouth County jury found Radavine Allah, also known as Robert Brown, 35, of Monroe Avenue, guilty of […]