Downtown developer Sackman Enterprises has closed on the purchase of the historic Kinmouth building at a purchase price of $2.47 million, according to city records. Sackman will move forward with plans to rehabilitate the Savoy Theatre, a 100-year-old former Vaudeville venue that has been vacant for decades located inside the building, and add a residential component of […]

A countywide gun buyback program is scheduled to take place at locations in Asbury Park and Rumson Friday and Saturday, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Monmouth County residents can anonymously surrender weapons Friday May 16, and Saturday, May 17, at the Asbury Park Satellite Office of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s […]

Nineteen professional artists from The Fine Art Collective will converge at The Collective Art Tank in Asbury Park on Saturday, June 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the third-annual Day of Demos event, according to a company news release. The full-day art extravaganza, previously a sold-out success, will offer attendees complimentary art product demonstrations from […]

Police are investigating a Sunday night incident of shots fired in Asbury Park that may be connected with a man who later checked himself into a local hospital with a gunshot wound. A call of shots fired on the first block of DeWitt Avenue was received at approximately 9:30 p.m. Sunday, according to Charles Webster, […]

A young New York resident has decided to capitalize on the lack of public transportation options between Staten Island and areas along the New Jersey coast. Shore For Sure will begin shuttle service between Staten Island, Asbury Park, Belmar and Seaside Heights starting May 23. Service will run through the summer season until one week […]

The Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN] will host their May monthly meeting Saturday, May 10 at St. Stephen’s AME Zion church. Organizers are calling the meeting the “Spring Summit to End Violence.” It begins at 11 a.m. The Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN] is a grassroots initiative that seeks to address […]

Members of the Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday to finalize an agreement with downtown developer Sackman Enterprises to recoup five years’ worth of payments in lieu of taxes the city failed to bill the developer for. The vote passed 3-1. Deputy Mayor Sue Henderson and Council members Amy Quinn and John Loffredo voted yes. […]

The Asbury Park Drama Club’s production of “Dreamgirls” opened Thursday to a crowd of about 150 people, leaving two more performances Friday and Saturday nights. “We’re very pleased,” said Chanta L. Jackson, communications coordinator for the district. “We’re expecting larger crowds tonight and tomorrow.” “Dreamgirls,” based upon the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts […]

Police found more than a dozen people participating in an illegal gambling operation in a Bangs Avenue apartment Wednesday when they executed a search warrant at the residence, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Members of the prosecutor’s office and Asbury Park Police executed two search warrants simultaneously Wednesday at […]

A Neptune man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a shooting that occurred in Asbury Park in December of last year, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Kenneth Bailey, 24, of Milton Avenue, is charged with first degree attempted murder, second degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose […]