For U.S. Senator Cory Booker, the civil rights movement has come a long way since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom over 50 years ago — but it still has a long way to go. Booker delivered a keynote address in front of a full congregation of about […]

The site of the Upstage Club, a non-alcoholic after-hours club where Bruce Springsteen [shown at right performing], Johnny Lyons and others from the early 1970s Asbury music scene played together has been listed for sale. The three story site had been abandoned for years, although the upper floors where the musicians had once played remaining […]

A 35-year-old city man who had been barred from weapons possession due to a previous conviction was sentenced to ten years in a New Jersey state prison after he was found guilty of weapons offenses, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Radavine Allah, also known as Robert Brown, 35, of […]

A Super Cab taxi van got lodged in between two storage tanks after the driver of the vehicle crashed into the garage door at the Asbury Park Waste Water Treatment Plant located at 1700 Kingsley Avenue. The Asbury Park Fire Department [APfd]  responded to the call alerting them of the incident minutes after 7 a.m. […]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth and Middlesex Counties has named their 2014 “Big Brother” and “Big Sister” of the year. Ray Patsky of Long Branch and Big Sister Christine Krawczuk of Holmdel were chosen for their exceptional commitment to their “littles” they mentor, according to a news release from the agency. “These individuals have […]

A city official has commented on a social media site that the $400,000 sewer connection fee calculated for the Asbury Park Festhalle and Biergarden is inaccurate. “The $400,000 potential fee for the Beer Garden is not currently and never was accurate [too high],” said City Engineer Joe Cunha on a Asbury Park Nextdoor.com post about […]

Ocean Township Police have released a composite sketch of a man they believe was involved in the strong arm robbery of a Chinese food delivery person at the Wanamassa Garden apartments last week. One of the suspects was originally said to be a “heavy set Hispanic male” wearing a black jacket at the time. Police […]

The position of a transatlantic cable line in Avon-by-the-Sea has forced the Army Corps of Engineers [ACOE] to shuffle around the logistics of an $18.3 million beach nourishment project. Instead of starting in Avon as originally expected, the work will begin in Asbury Park “by the end of the week if not today,” said ACOE […]

Members of the Asbury Park Board of Education are at odds on whether to hire a new auditor, architect and insurance broker. At a meeting held Tuesday, the board voted 5-3 on a motion to seek bids for all three positions. Board President Geneva Smallwood and board members Nicolle D. Harris, Christian Hall, Felicia Simmons […]

A proposal to consolidate the Boroughs of Allenhurst and Village of Loch Arbour into one municipality is now subject to state review. In a 2-1 vote on Tuesday night, the Allenhurst Board of Commissioners [shown above] gave the go-ahead to submit a proposal that provides specifics of the merger to the New Jersey Department of […]