Asbury Park firefighters held their annual ice rescue training sessions this week on Deal Lake. The fire department practices around this time if temperatures get cold enough to freeze the tops of the lakes in the region, honing their ice rescue training skills just in case someone happens to fall through the ice, according to […]

From Jan. 21 to 28 the Asbury Park police department made the following arrests: JAN 21 • A 22-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with criminal mischief. • A 30-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with possession of controlled dangerous substances [CDS] and possession of drug paraphernalia at police […]

The Lakehouse Music Academy took over Asbury Park’s Stone Pony on Sunday for their third “big gig,” an end-of-semester performance that lets students showcase the skills and songs they’ve learned in front of a supportive crowd of family and friends. The event starts at noon with performances by students in the “Get Started” program, for […]

An Allenhurst commissioner may change his yes vote on sending a proposed merger between the borough and Loch Arbour to the state for review, according to a letter to Allenhurst residents sent by the Loch Arbour Board of Commissioners. The letter states “a small group of concerned residents met in private and persuaded an Allenhurst Commissioner […]

Two Prospect Avenue residents face multiple charges of animal cruelty after two male pit bulls in their care were found with what appear to bite wounds and scars from fighting, according to Victor “Buddy” Amato, chief of police for the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [MCSPCA]. Asbury Park Police officers who […]

Incoming Asbury Park City Manager John “Jack” Kelly [above] came in for criticism in a report fifteen years ago by the State Commission of Investigation [SCI] when he was Chief Financial Officer for the City of Orange. The 1998 report — which Kelly told the Sun was “inaccurate” and “biased” — dealt with former Orange […]

Standing in the packed main dining room of Tim McLoone’s Supper Club, where plunge participants usually gather before ultimately disrobing on the beach in the frigid January air to then hop into the Atlantic in the name of charity, former Asbury Park Rotary Club president Jeffery Bassett jokingly told first time plungers they were getting off […]

A 26-year-old Asbury Park resident pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder charges stemming from the 2010 shooting of a 29-year-old Neptune Township resident, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Felix A. Negron pleaded guilty to first degree attempted murder before a Monmouth County Superior Court Judge in connection with the August […]

The Long Branch Arts Council and its sponsoring partners seek submissions from New Jersey poets of all ages to write about their personal experiences during the days that followed Hurricane Sandy, according to news release from the organization. Accepted pieces will be published in an anthology entitled “Poetic Voices in Response to Hurricane Sandy.” All that […]

Bank on Mattison claimed the spot as the first new downtown bar and restaurant in Asbury Park  to open in 2014 earlier this month. Thomas McInerney, 43, his wife Jodi, 40, and his twin brother James partnered with former Baca manager Bryan Grant and former Old Man Rafferty’s manager Chase Moriarty, both 28, to bring […]