Asbury Park Transportation Manager Michael Manzella unveiled a new parking app that would reduce user cost, allow for added convenience and streamline the process. Charged by the Parking Committee to vet new mobile apps, Manzella said after researching Parkmobile, Pay by Phone, and Passport, he recommends the latter. The app also won the recommendation of […]

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 6 p.m. public workshop session and the 7 p.m. regular council meeting. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda […]

City officials will look to hire a consultant to review four existing payment in lieu of tax [PILOT] agreements, according to a request for proposal [RFP] due by month’s end. PILOTS were first enacted across the state in 1977. The local agreements typically include a full payment of city taxes but attribute a 5 percent […]

Two Asbury Park teens were arrested early Tuesday morning in connection with a spate of burglaries that have plagued three neighboring communities in recent weeks, Ocean Township Police Department announced in a news release. Maverick Parreott, 18, has been charged with burglary, theft, burglar tools obstruction, possession of a weapon and criminal mischief, officials said. […]

A Night of Jazz and Blues is being planned in tribute to Asbury Park music man Gladstone Trott. The Asbury Park Music Foundation March 24 event is a fundraiser to help raise money for medical bills associated with Trott’s ongoing fight against cancer. Trott has been hospitalized since December. Raised in Asbury Park, Trott began […]

Eight city residents have filed petitions to run for the three available seats on the Asbury Park Board of Education. They include incumbents Felicia Simmons, Stephen Williams and Carol Jones. Former board members Christian Hall and James Famularo have thrown their hats in the ring, as well as David Baker, Eric Pinckney and Joe Grillo. […]

Four women with no political expertise further advanced the Women’s March Asbury Park movement created on January 21 on Sunday. The women are Amanda Kane, Dani Fiori, Dallas Hlatky and Jennifer Lampert, who within six days [and with the support of city officials], organized a local march that drew a crowd of 6,000. “We were […]

The Asbury Park Police Department is working with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office to identify two suspects who vandalized the Garden State Equality headquarters on Main Street Saturday afternoon, Acting Police Chief Anthony Salerno said.  The nonprofit’s Executive Director Christian Fuscarino said video surveillance was remitted to the local police department. “The video and or stills, […]

The wait is on but the battle lines have been drawn. Saturday’s Cold War 2017 launched with a double-hitter that kicked off with the inaugural Ice Bowl skateboarding jam at Forth Union inside the Carousel building in Asbury Park’s waterfront. Held from noon to 3 p.m. the area’s best were hand picked by Jersey skateboarding […]

Rapper Carl Perino [shown in feature photo], who happens to be a Jackson middle school principal, debuted his latest social justice piece Thursday night at the Paramount Theatre on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. The first to grab the mic during the TEDxNavesink Open Rehearsal, Perino rhythmically addressed women’s rights: “Where are all the marchers on […]