Phase two reconstruction of the Asbury Park boardwalk, from Convention Hall south to First Avenue should be fully complete prior to Memorial Day. Construction has “just about” reached Convention Hall and once all of the decking is in place, the south entrances to Convention Hall’s Grand Arcade will open up again, according to Tom Gilmour, the city’s […]

One week from today, the Kula Café will celebrate its first anniversary operating out of Asbury Park’s Springwood Center. Anniversary festivities include an open house featuring top New Jersey jazzmen from 4 to 6 p.m. followed by the spring start-up of Thursday night live blues from 7 to 10 p.m, according to a news release from café […]

Waterfront developer iStar Financial is set to appear in front of the city’s Technical Review Committee Monday to present updated plans for a townhome development on the western waterfront area. The project, “South Grand” proposes 28 units on the eastern end of the block bound by Sewall, Monroe and Grand Avenues, and Heck Street. The […]

The Asbury Park Historical Society has launched a major fundraising campaign to purchase and restore the historic Stephen Crane House in Asbury Park, according to a news release from the Historical Society. The house, located at 508 Fourth Avenue, was built in 1876 and is one of the oldest houses in Asbury Park. It is […]

Asbury Park Police have identified the dead body found in Deal Lake Monday as that of Arthur Ratcliffe, 62, a local homeless man, according to Asbury Park Police Capt. Marshawn Love. Police were able to identify Ratcliffe through investigative leads, he said. The body was spotted by a local fisherman who informed police around 2:30 p.m. […]

From April 9 to 21 the Asbury Park police department made the following arrests: APRIL 9  • A 24-year-old female from Neptune was arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and defiant trespassing in the 1400 block of Springwood Avenue. • An 18-year-old male from Bradley Beach was arrested and charged with possession of […]

Come September, the city’s low-income youth that have dropped out of high school may have a chance to earn their high school equivalency diplomas while learning job skills and building affordable housing in the city. City resident Arnold Faulhaber has been working with Roselle-based nonprofit group Prevention Links to secure grant funding for a YouthBuild […]

The newly formed Asbury Park chapter of the National Action Network hosted an urban empowerment summit at Asbury Park High School Saturday with Network president Reverend Al Sharpton delivering the keynote address. The main issues the local chapter will focus on are public education, studying the fairness of the local criminal justice system, and looking […]

A pair of Asbury Park men were arraigned Monday following an indictment handed up by a Monmouth County Grand Jury charging them with the murder and robbery of an Ocean County man in July 2013, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Spencer Young, 20, and Jahmir Bouie, 18, were arraigned […]

A dead body was found in Deal Lake Monday, Asbury Park police Chief Mark Kinmon has confirmed. At 2:31 p.m. police responded to a report of a dead body found in the lake by a fisherman in the area, according to Charles Webster, spokesman for the prosecutor’s office. The body was found by police, floating […]