Residents and homeowners around the Deal Lake area need not be alarmed in the coming days as the level of the lake significantly decreases. In preparation for an upcoming lake clean up to take place Oct. 26, members of the Deal Lake Commission will begin to lower the lake starting Oct. 22 by opening up […]

Gay marriage will now be legal for good in the state of New Jersey. Political news website politickernj.com reports the Governor Chris Christie’s administration has dropped its appeal of Judge Mary C. Jacobson’s September ruling, which granted same-sex partners the right to a civil marriage  in New Jersey beginning Monday. “In light of the N.J. […]

Among the first to do so in New Jersey, three same sex couples were married just after midnight Monday morning on the steps of the Paramount Theater on the Asbury Park boardwalk. The couples were Asbury Councilwoman Amy Quinn and Heather Jensen and Steven Brunner and Daniel Baum, as well as Aberdeen couple Karen Nicholson-McFadden […]

A Newark Superior Court Judge has waived the state’s 72-hour waiting period for an Asbury Park same-sex couple so they can be married on the boardwalk after midnight on Oct. 21, the official date a Mercer County Superior Court judge ruled same-sex couples in the state of New Jersey shall be permitted to enter in […]

Councilwoman Amy Quinn [above, at left] and spouse Heather Jensen [center] are set to be remarried one minute after midnight on the Asbury Park boardwalk Monday, according to a news release from New Jersey United for Marriage. Quinn and Jensen will be one of the first three same-sex couples to exchange vows in New Jersey. […]

This weekend, some deceased members of Asbury Park’s historical past will ‘walk the earth’ once more. On Oct. 20, the Ocean Township Historical Museum will holds its fifth annual history ghost walk at the museum’s Terner Gallery. This year features the characters from its exhibit Asbury Park: The History of a Jersey Gem, according to […]

Three Asbury Park same-sex couples had filed marriage license applications as of 10 a.m. Friday, and all of them will be married on Monday as the state Supreme Court has denied the governor’s request for a stay to a Mercer County Superior Court judge’s ruling. Asbury Park is one of few municipalities in the state to […]

While neighboring Asbury Park began accepting applications for marriage licenses from same-sex couples on Friday, the Township of Neptune registrar will follow the directive from the state registrar to hold off until that state office gives the go ahead. The directive was received from the state registrar’s office in an email Thursday afternoon, according to […]

Asbury Park Deputy City Clerk Kiki Tomek will begin to accept applications for marriage licenses from same-sex couples Friday, city officials confirmed. “The City of Asbury Park intends to follow the Order entered on September 27, 2013 by the Honorable Mary C. Jacobson, A.J.S.C., in the case known as “Garden State Equality, et als vs. Paula Dow, […]

Little Free Libraries have quickly become a worldwide trend, and one city resident is putting feelers out to see if the movement has traction in Asbury Park. The mission of the Little Free Library organization is to promote literacy and community building through the placement of small, birdhouse-like structures that contain books. Books in the collection can […]