A joint investigation by federal, county and local law enforcement led to prostitution arrest of two women Wednesday, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Luan Guihua, 49, of Flushing, New York, was charged with the third degree crime of promoting prostitution and Jinzhen Yang, 48, also of Flushing was charged with engaging in prostitution, […]

Beth McEntee and her family live next door to a two-family home they own and rent. The top floor of that home is rented on an annual basis but McEntee said she rents the ground floor via Airbnb throughout the year. “It really helps us recoup and pay our mortgage,” she said. “We are very […]

Konscious Youth Development & Service [KYDS] and the Danny Clinch Transparent gallery are pairing up to present a Saturday Soul Showcase at The Asbury, located at 210 Fifth Ave in Asbury Park. The free event will be filled with creative expressions of music, poetry, singing and other forms of art, KYDS co founder Mychal Mills […]

Regine Flimlin and Enrique Wegel [shown in feature photo], founders of juice basin Asbury Park, Montclair and Jersey City will host Peruvian H20 Benefit, a two hour yoga event Sunday in support of the natural disaster victims in their native Peru. “We had tickets in hand and were expected to visit our native Peruvian family […]

The 82nd Annual Easter Pageant Parade returns 1 to 3 p.m. April 16 in front of the historic Paramount Theatre at Convention Hall on the Asbury Park boardwalk. The annual event is a popular best of contest with prizes given for everything from most creative bonnets to best dressed men, women, boys, girls, and families. […]

Permit parking has landed back on the discussion table in Deal, according to a public notice ahead of the 7:30 p.m. Board of Commissioners meeting at the Borough Hall meeting room, located at 190 Norwood Avenue. An ordinance will be introduced outlining permit parking hours for Monmouth Terrace, Monmouth Drive, Hathaway, Sydney and Neptune avenues. […]

Loch Arbour voters overwhelming approved pulling its students from the Ocean Township School District Tuesday. The special election votes garnered 97 supporters and four nayes, according to the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office online result page. The village has 136 registered voters. The approval means Loch Arbour can move forward with plans to send its 14 […]

Volunteers are needed Saturday morning for the Asbury Park Environmental Shade Tree Commission’s grass planting along Sunset Lake. Made possible through an $800 Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions [ANJEC] grant, members will be planting from 9 a.m to 11 a.m. “The purpose of planting the grasses is to deter the geese population around the […]

Before In The Heights wrapped at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, famed Broadway performer and choreographer Luis Salgado [shown in feature photo] administered a Masterclass aimed at teaching the area’s youth the ins and outs of Latin dance. Salgado [at right], currently a member of the On Your Feet Broadway cast, is most known for his […]

Three teams of budding entrepreneurs went before a panel of local sharks last week to pitch for investment in products they hope to debut at the Made in Monmouth event on Saturday at Monmouth University. The budding entrepreneurs are 7th and 8th graders participating in the 15-week Asbury Park Junior Entrepreneur Training [JET] program founded […]