Emergency personnel in Asbury Park will soon carry a lifesaving drug that has the power to reverse the effects of opiate overdoses. Asbury Park Police Chief Mark Kinmon just put in an order with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office for 25 units of Narcan, he informed members of the Asbury Park City Council at a […]

A Sunday night car chase that began in Asbury Park resulted in a motor vehicle crash in Neptune in which one car overturned and three individuals were sent to the hospital. The incident started when Asbury Park police officers Michael Boone and John Sarno saw the driver of a late model Mazda commit a motor […]

The process of renting summer homes to visitors just got easier for landlords. Asbury Park City Council members passed an ordinance Wednesday that allows property owners to obtain a seasonal certificates of occupancy [COs] for their properties through the city’s code enforcement department. Council members John Loffredo, John Moor and Amy Quinn voted yes. Mayor Myra Campbell […]

City Manager John “Jack” Kelly and Asbury Park Police Chief Mark Kinmon are scheduled to meet Thursday with the owners of one of the city’s most popular restaurants to discuss several quality of life issues that crop up when the restaurant morphs into a late night dance club on the weekends. The meeting stems from […]

Waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial has reversed its decision not to appear for a second time at the city’s Technical Review Committee [TRC] to review plans for a development of townhomes in the southwest waterfront area. The proposed project — called “South Grand” — includes three row-like structures consisting of nine units each built along the […]

Public frustration with violence continues in the City of Asbury Park in the wake of the city’s first fatal shooting of the year and a large fight on the West Side that residents claim resulted in acts of police brutality, Several city residents spoke at the Wednesday Asbury Park City Council about police conduct during a […]

Instead of working with a private lender, the city has approval to use Monmouth County as a lender for the city’s tax anticipation notes, according to Richard Gartz, the city’s chief municipal finance officer. The deal through the county allows the city to save a little over half of a percent interest on each note, […]

Asbury Park’s first free mini lending library is officially open for business. City resident Anita Weiner unveiled the Little Free Library located outside of the Springwood Avenue Center Wednesday morning. “This is just the first of four Little Free Libraries that will be placed in the city and it is with great thanks to all […]

The Asbury Park Planning Board on Monday granted preliminary approval to build a six-unit condominium development on Lake Avenue without the need to provide commercial space on the ground floor. The four-story brick and aluminum facade building is located within the city’s Central Business District [CBD] redevelopment zone. In lieu of the 35 percent ground-floor […]

When downtown Cookman Avenue’s Twisted Tree Cafe opens their doors for business on Wednesday, customers will see two new faces behind the counter. Owners Steve and Naomi Pagidas have sold the location to former Bond Street Bar manager Rachel Lucisano [shown above, at right] and her partner Jason Stumpf [at left]. Over the next four weeks, […]