The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 4:30 p.m., followed by a public workshop session at 6:30 p.m. and the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on […]

Funeral services for Asbury Park High School graduate and star football player Jamar Small, 24, will be held Jan 2, according to community leaders. Small died after sustaining gunfire wounds Sunday afternoon along Summerfield Avenue, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said in a written statement. A second victim sustained nonlife threatening wounds. Community […]

Langosta Lounge at the Asbury Park Boardwalk announced Tuesday that its annual Christmas Community Dinner will be served from noon to 4 p.m. Christmas Day. The eatery partners with Pat Sherman of Trinity Church to host the holiday event, which includes the free family-style meal; a visit by Santa, who will disperse donated toys; and […]

Decreases to the proposed Asbury Park parking guidelines were introduced during Monday night’s City Council Workshop Meeting, Councilman Joe Woerner said. They include reducing proposed residential permit rates by $30 and lessening the proposed $3 metered parking rates to $2, Woerner said. The residential permit rates will now run from $90 per year for the […]

Need to Feed started quietly outside the front doors of the Kula Café on Springwood Avenue but quickly grew into a city staple. Offering free soup and sandwiches to those in need every Monday afternoon, Need to Feed is an Interfaith Neighbors’ supported food program that stemmed from the nonprofit’s New Jersey Youth Corps program, […]

A Monmouth County grand jury returned a 42-count indictment Monday against former Asbury Park Housing Authority Executive Director Mark W. Holmes, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said in a written news release. Holmes, 54, of Lawrence Township [Mercer County] is charged with 38 counts of official misconduct, 22 of them are second degree crimes and […]

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: • […]

One man is dead and another is in stable condition following gunfire Sunday afternoon along Summerfield Avenue, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said. City resident Jamal Small, 24, was pronounced deceased at 2:51 p.m. at a nearby hospital, Gramiccioni said. No one has been arrested in connection with the homicide at this time, he said. […]

One year ago Monmouth University graduates [shown above] Mychal Mills and Rodney Salomon, both 28, set out to combat some of the things that can plague urban neighborhoods. Be it poverty, crime, gangs, drug abuse or alcoholism, the pair quietly took a holistic approach to what has become an increasingly popular Open Mic Night at […]

The new shop on the block is Rebel Supply Co. and with an edict of Life, Liberty and Affordable Fashion for all, this Cookman Avenue fashion hub offers new and recycled fashion, accessories, junk market finds and local art. The brainchild of Sarah King, former owner of OG Surf and Skate, Rebel opened quietly on […]