While many shoppers hit the racks for Black Friday, Asbury Park’s businesses are getting ready for Small Business Saturday tomorrow. Small Business Saturday was popularized by American Express as an alternative to frenzied holiday shopping in big-box chain stores to which most people flock on Black Friday. American Express customers who register an eligible American […]

If the Asbury Park Pop Warner Midget Football Team wins their next game they are going to Disney World — but only if they can raise enough funds to get there first. As of Wednesday they have collected $2,105 of $30,000 needed through a crowdfunding campaign on the fundraising website GoFundMe to cover the costs of […]

The City of Asbury Park Housing Authority on Tuesday announced the organization’s standing has raised. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD] now considers the agency to be “standard.” For the past several years, it has been listed as a substandard troubled organization by HUD, but has consistently improved in its grading since […]

The message this holiday season from Ocean Township police is clear: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. From Nov. 28 through Jan. 2, 2015, the Township of Ocean Police Department will conduct a Holiday Traffic Safety Initiative, according to a release issued Tuesday. The goal of the initiative is to target unsafe vehicle operations and […]

In the wake of a St. Louis County grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting death of Michael Brown, two federal elected officials representing New Jersey leaders have issued statements — with one local Congressman calling the justice system into question. In contrast to the more common reactions that […]

Oceanfront restaurant and bar Langosta Lounge will again partner with Trinity Church to host its annual Thanksgiving Day Community Dinner. Open to the public and free of charge, the dinner will be served from 11:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 27.  Anyone in need of a free hot meal or the company of the community is […]

Below is the Allenhurst police blotter from Oct. 19 through Nov. 6. NOV 7 While en route to the county jail, Patrolman Marc Eustace witnessed a multi-vehicle crash that had just occurred on Rt. 18 in Colts Neck. The officer stood by and assisted with the injured parties until the arrival of other officers. NOV 8 During the […]

Giving thanks by giving back is a Thanksgiving tradition at Asbury Park’s ‘southern family style’ restaurant, At the Table. For the fourth year in a row, homeless and senior citizens will head to the restaurant on the day before the holiday to sit, warm up, and eat heartily. “It’s just our little give back to […]

Ocean Township police are looking for a person who was captured on a surveillance video after they discarded a purse they earlier removed from an unlocked car in a series of overnight vehicle thefts. The suspect is also accused of taking cash and personal belongings from other unlocked cars that were parked overnight, all within […]

Students at Sisters Academy of New Jersey are prepared to save lives after completing a training session from the very individuals who respond after disaster strikes — the American Red Cross. Each of the school’s 60 students successfully completed a Red Cross babysitting, pediatric first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] training program Friday. The six-and-a-half hour […]