Punk Rock Bowler’s itching to partake in the 18th anniversary showcase this June at The Stone Pony Summer Stage can register and buy tickets for the two-day event. Organizers announced this weekend that the new east coast contingent in Asbury Park will take place 2 to 10 p.m. June 11 and 12. “Due to overwhelming […]

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 the […]

Ocean Township Mayor Christopher Siciliano says his town’s sewage treatment plant has the capacity to handle Asbury Park’s wastewater if plans move forward to close the city’s treatment plant on Ocean Avenue, as proposed by master waterfront redeveloper iStar. IStar’s proposal, reported in Thursday’s issue of the triCityNews, is to close Asbury’s waterfront treatment plant […]

Local musician Sal Boyd can’t seem to sit still. Since his 2011 graduation from Berklee College of Music in Boston, the Allenhurst native has been splitting his time between Asbury Park – performing his original songs and playing guitar in local musical theater productions, and Nashville – touring with country singers Greg Burroughs, Tim McNary and Jay Taylor. […]

For Oscar buffs, next week’s an next week’s announcements of the 2016 Academy Awards nominees will start the clock on viewing as many of those films as they can. While short films have been always been a part of the independent theater’s showcases, this marks the first time all three genres – animated, live-action, and documentary […]

The city is readying once again for the annual Light of Day Winterfest. Included in an array of musical performances to support its mission to fight Parkinson’s disease will be Asbury Underground’s third annual participation. “As last year’s success proved, the relationship with the Underground and the downtown brings a whole new dimension, energy, and […]

Asbury Park Police Department responded to a stabbing and multiple shots fired Wednesday night, spokesman Michael Casey said. An unidentified man was stabbed in the forearm near 9:18 p.m. along the 1000 block of Summerfield Avenue, Casey said. The adult male was found with stab wounds on one of his forearms. Minutes later, at 9:28 […]

The Asbury Park Police Department has issued a no parking notice to coincide with the expected large crowd for Deal Police Captain Earl Alexander’s funeral Thursday afternoon. The wake for Alexander is being held from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Buckley Funeral Home, 509 Second Avenue. In anticipation of a large showing, there will […]

Asbury Park Music Foundation [APMF] is among 15 nonprofits awarded a national Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation grant Tuesday. “We are so thrilled,” Executive Director Matthew Hockenjos said. “We are so happy to finally get word of this grant and we can’t thank the public enough because they really got us there with their votes.” […]

Over 1,000 people packed Living Word Christian Church on Route 35 in Neptune City Saturday to attend the funeral of Jamal Brian Small. Family, friends, and pastors, who spoke during the service, called him ‘Smalls,’ a lifelong nickname. Small, 24, died Dec. 20. He was a victim of gun violence. The 2010 Asbury Park High […]