Students at Bradley Elementary School walked in for their first day of school Thursday to see faculty and staff dressed in athletic clothes and shouting this year’s school theme “One Team, One Goal.” The theme expresses the school administration’s vision to work together with faculty, staff and parents to ensure students’ success, according to school […]

For one more weekend swimmers can take advantage of at least two Asbury Park beaches lifeguards will be on duty — without having to pay for beach access. On Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7, at least 12 lifeguards will be on patrol unless it rains, according to Garrett Giberson, Sr., Asbury Park’s beach utility […]

Asbury Park homeowners will host a citywide yard sale on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Everyone signed up to host a yard sale has agreed to donate at least 10 percent of their gross sales to local animal rescues Rescue Ridge or Wag On Inn, according to sale organizer Sonja O’Brien. […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 4 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the […]

Asbury Park resident Harold Suggs, of 1011 Fifth Ave., has filed to run for mayor in the November 4 municipal elections. All five council seats are up for grabs and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly elect their mayor. Suggs has entered a bid for a city council […]

Local restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach has filed run for a seat on the Asbury Park City Council in the November elections. All five council seats are up for grabs in the November 4 election and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly elect their mayor. “United Community for Asbury” is […]

Another full ticket, the “A-Team,” has filed to run in the Asbury Park City Council elections. All five council seats are up for grabs in the November 4 election and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly elect their mayor. On the “A-Team” ticket, former Board of Education member […]

Asbury Park council members John B. Moor and Amy Quinn have filed to run for re-election along with three running mates. All five council seats are up for grabs in the November 4 election and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly select their mayor. The petition lists Moor, […]

From Aug. 26 to Sept. 2, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: AUG 26 • A 40-year-old male from Neptune Township was arrested and charged with possession of CDS [cocaine] and possession of drug paraphernalia at the intersection of Cookman Avenue and Main Street. • A 44-year-old female from Neptune Township was arrested and charged with […]

Incumbent Asbury Park Mayor Myra Campbell has filed to run for re-election in the 2014 city council race. All five council seats are up for grabs in the November 4 election and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly select their mayor. As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, Campbell is […]