The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. The public participation session takes place near the end of the meeting, after comments from city officials. Items on the agenda for the meeting include: Special events application […]

JCP&L spokesman Ron Morano said service was restored by 12:17 p.m. to the businesses and homes in the downtown area affected by a power outage Monday morning. Morano said the outage happened at 10:44 a.m. and affected 329 of its customers. Asbury Park Police Department spokesman Sgt. Carmen Gagliano said the outages ran along Cookman […]

A Monmouth County grand jury returned a 6-count indictment Monday against 20-year-old Dante Allen of Asbury Park, charged in the police involved November shooting that resulted in a little girl being grazed by bullet, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced in a written news statement. Allen is charged with first degree attempted murder, second […]

Rev. Bernice King, daughter of slain civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., had but one consistent message during her Wednesday visit to Asbury Park – love and care for the city’s youth is paramount. “Love compels you to go against the status quo,” she said. “Status quo never brings about change.” King delivered that […]

Lakehouse Music Academy has announced its Summer Camp programing. This year’s lineup features Get Started Music and Arts Camps for ages 5 to 10, and Teen Core Camps for ages 10 to 18. Field trips are held during Jersey Rockers Week at the Stone Pony. “Our summer camps are not only popular with locals but […]

There was no aspiration to become a roadie or even Punk Rock royalty, Handsome Richard Manitoba said. “I was a friend of the band – a mascot,” the veteran Dictators band member said. “And as a friend, they said, get Richard something to do.” It was after a happenstance performance at Sheepshead Bay’s Popeye’s Spinach […]

Recently hired Michele Alonso was honored last month by the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association. Alonso began her Planning and Redevelopment Director post in July. On Jan. 29, she was among a three-member team from Newark to receive the Outstanding Plan Implementation Award. Alonso, who served as Newark’s Assistant Planning Director, shares […]

The Asbury Park Democratic Club will hold its third Town Hall Forum 7:30 p.m. at Second Baptist Church, 124 Atkins Ave. Tonight’s discussion will allow the public to ask questions and learn more about Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign, chairman Joe Grillo said. Speakers include: Middlesex County Freeholder Kenneth Armwood West Point graduate, LGBTQ activist and Asbury […]

Just before school let out on Wednesday afternoon, Asbury Park Middle School’s students and administration figuratively changed the course of their direction. The over 550 student body and the faculty were joined by parents and community members to rename the school – The Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. School Superintendent Lamont Repollet said the […]

The Asbury Park City Council has announced it will no longer hold a Workshop meeting in between its Wednesday Executive session and Regular session. The 6: 30 p.m. public workshop was held to address follow-up matters from the Monday night meeting but officials said it became unnecessary. In the past few weeks, follow up on […]