A budding documentarian has been named the state’s Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] Boy Scout of the Year. Eagle Scout Alex Roberts, 15, of Ocean Township [shown above second from left] created a Holocaust Memorial Display and companion video featuring survivors’ stories for his Service Project. Designed to be used as an educational tool for […]

A 28-year-old Long Branch woman was arrested for heroin possession after police observed her throwing a lit cigarette out the passenger window of a vehicle driving unsafely along Route 35, according to news release from the Ocean Township Police Department. Heather A. Throckmorton was charged Wednesday with possession of 23 bags of heroin, possession of […]

Vintage retailer Backward Glances is calling on your creativity. The Cookman Avenue store is among 40 retailers across the nation participating in Colossal Coachman’s contest. The hat design event features an elope Inc. top hat [shown right] participants can decorate in their own funky manner. Entrants can pick up their hat the local store. “We […]

The 2015 New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees have been chosen. Among the 13 honorees are famed columnist Anna Quindlen, comedian Jon Stewart, five-time World Series champion Derek Jeter, and U.S. Sen Frank Lautenberg. “The people we celebrate have overcome every imaginable obstacle and challenge,” according to their website. “They have survived war, overcome the […]

In a landmark decision that changes the course of events in the United States, the Supreme Court vote 5 to 4 to recognize same sex marriages across the nation. In the majority opinion, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote, “They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.” […]

A bill that curbs the use of messengers to bring vote-by-mail [VBM] ballots to voters passed the Assembly by a vote of 76-0 on Thursday. It now heads to Gov. Chris Christie for his signature. If Christie signs the bill into law, designated messengers would be restricted to delivering VBM ballots to three voters in […]

The site of the legendary Upstage Club — a non-alcoholic after-hours venue where a young Bruce Springsteen, John Lyon, Steve Van Zandt and others played together in the late 1960s and early 1970s— has been sold. Garwood antique dealer Richard Yorkowitz [shown above inside the building] bought the property in 2009 for $1 million. The […]

What happens when Asbury Park Mayor John Moor and Buddy Valestro [better known as The Cake Boss] meet up with Staten Island resident Matt Long on a sunny June day along the boardwalk? A challenge to kick off the summer season, of course. Valestro is the host of TLC’s Reality TV show that’s followed the […]

Below is the Asbury Park Police Department crime report from June 17 through 22. JUNE 17 • Ashlie K. Inselman, 31, and Mary F. Schillinger, 23, both of Equinunk, PA, and Linda Wendrick, 57, of Honesdale, PA, were charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia during an investigation near Third Avenue and Emory Street […]

The Asbury Park City Council announced Wednesday night the hiring of a City Planner. Michele Alonso will begin work July 16, Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn said. Previously, Alonso [shown right] served as Assistant Director of Planning in Newark and as Supervising Planner in Jersey City, Acting City Manager Anthony Nuccio said. “She has an extensive […]