The 10th Annual Family Day is scheduled for noon to 5 p.m. Saturday along Asbury Park’s Eighth Avenue beach. Behind the scenes of a day that features free surf lessons, food, music, and games, is a dream realized. “Over the past 10 years it has become an example of a community coming together,” said Councilman […]

Two additional appointments to the Asbury Park Library Board of Trustees has propelled its president Don Stine to offer his letter of resignation, effective Aug. 1. The appointments were made without ‘due process’ or the consultation of the sitting board, Stine maintains in a written letter to the public published Thursday in local newspapers. Stine […]

A city resident was captured and arrested in relation to an attack of a 34-year-old female Wednesday afternoon. At close to 1:25 p.m. Asbury Park Police responded to a call at the Asbury Gardens on Atlantic Avenue. Police determined that city resident Willie Johnson Jr, 44, and a 34-year-old female resident were involved in an […]

An Asbury Park daycare and pre-school owner pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges related to fraudulent contracts, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said in news release. Sylvia B. Brodrick, 59, of Shadow Lawn Drive in Ocean Township’s Oakhurst section, pleaded guilty to two counts of a second degree charge that she made false material representations in […]

A solemn air fell over the Asbury Park Police Department as the news that one of their own, Sgt Randall Hill died unexpectedly Monday. “He had been out on medical leave but recently returned to duty,” police department spokesman Officer Michael Casey said. In a written statement to the public, Acting Police Chief Anthony Salerno […]

While it takes vision, hard work and planning for a small business to thrive, the state’s Partnership for Action is helping owners get the support they need. Among them is Asbury Park’s own Parlor Gallery on Cookman Avenue. The woman-owned, artist directed-and-curated gallery, recently received a $20,000 working capital loan via the state’s bank — […]

A Freehold Borough man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in a New Jersey state prison for the 2013 shooting of two men in Asbury Park, that left one man dead and another wounded, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said. Jamar Walker, 32, who pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and aggravated assalult in April, must […]

Gov. Chris Christie will launch his 2016 ‘Telling it Like it Is’ presidential campaign with a fundraiser in Asbury Park, according to the Wall Street Journal. To date, Christie is one of 15 candidates vying for the Republican Presidential nomination. The second-term Governor will return to Convention Hall Aug. 4 for his kickoff celebration. Christie celebrated […]

The Asbury Park Mayor and Council unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday that ceremoniously supports the legalization, regulation, and taxation of marijuana for adults. The legislation does not make marijuana legal within city limits but does support activist group Help Not Handcuff’s push for marijuana reform, municipal attorney Frederick Raffetto. “This is a historic event in […]

Within one day of a fence to designate where dogs can reign free along the Eighth Avenue beach, it was removed. “I just walked outside about 20 minutes ago and sure enough they took it down,” said nearby resident Lynn Wilson near 4 p.m. “It’s definitely a beautiful wide open expanse again.” The north beach […]