When Dean LaSasso opened his Italian specialty food venue along Main Street in Asbury Park 13 years ago, it was for the convenient location and the hope that it would help bring progress to the downtown area. Today, the Dino’s on Main Marketplace owner says the neighborhood is suffering the abuse of weekend bar patrons […]

While plans are in motion to increase patrol in the downtown where disorderly behavior complaints are on the rise, the police department will not alter patrol in high crime areas throughout the city, Acting Police Chief Anthony Salerno said. What will occur is an earlier deployment of the department’s foot and bicycle patrols following Friday’s […]

Plans to change sound mitigation rules in the downtown were placed on the fast track Wednesday night. The City Council voted to advance proposed changes to Planning Board and added an amendment that asked for a special meeting so that the measure could be vetted as quickly as possible. “We found a mistake and we […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 6 p.m., followed by the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda include: • The Executive Session discussions […]

Voters residing in the city’s Districts 1 and 9 will report to a new polling location for the upcoming June 7 Primary, according to a written news statement by city officials. The Monmouth County Board of Elections has changed the voting location to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Annex, located at 1143 Asbury Ave. […]

Asbury Park’s Director of Planning and Redevelopment has put forth changes that would eliminate the costly sound engineer’s report in lieu of sound mitigation. During her presentation to the City Council Monday night, Alonso said it is of no surprise to anyone that separate standards for sound exist in the downtown corridor than in the […]

A Monday night blaze has left a family of three generations temporarily homeless, according to Asbury Park Fire Chief Kevin Keddy. The Third Avenue home, in the 1,000 block, was left inhabitable, Keddy said. The Asbury Park Fire Department responded near 6 p.m. to the report of a fire. The blaze appears to have ignited […]

Four applicants have put in their bids for the Asbury Park City Council seat left vacant when Councilman Joe Woerner stepped down last month. In alphabetical order they are Democratic Chair Giuseppe Grillo, community leader Daniel Harris, former Board of Education member Corey Lowell, and restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach. Woerner, a 10 year city resident, stepped […]

Moving home ownership from a dream to reality is behind the 20-year collaboration between New Jersey Natural Gas [NJNG] and Interfaith Neighbors. What began in 1996, with a $25,000 donation to Interfaith Neighbors for an Asbury Park home restoration project, has grown to a total of 100 affordable homes provided through the utility company’s Home […]

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