Two January workshops scheduled at Cowerks shared meeting space in Asbury Park will help entrepreneurs and small business owners amp up their 21st century communication strategies. On Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, “Improve Your Public Speaking: Using Improv to Enhance Communication and Increase Innovation in the Workspace” will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Improv is […]

On New Year’s Day, hundreds of people will bear the cold and jump into the Atlantic in Asbury Park. The 12th annual Sons of Ireland Polar Bear Plunge is scheduled for Jan. 1, 2015, with registration at 10 a.m.; a bagpipe march to the beach at 12:45 p.m.; and the plunge itself at 1 p.m. […]

An early morning fog lifted Wednesday to reveal a boat washed ashore on Asbury Park’s First Avenue beach. Asbury Park police responded to a call at 8:21 a.m. reporting an abandoned boat ran ashore on the beach in front of Cubacan restaurant, according to Mike Casey, the department’s communications officer. No passengers were found on […]

The Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN] will again play a critical role in helping the community understand the Affordable Care Act and seeks volunteers to assist as certified application councelors. Certified Application Councelors [CACs] provide information about the full range of plan options to caplitalize on marketplace opportunities, assist individuals in applying for […]

From Dec 16 to 23, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: DEC 16 • A 58-year-old male from Union Beach was arrested and charged with shoplifting in the 900 block of Main Street. DEC 17 • A 30-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and contempt of court in […]

Organizers and volunteers of the Asbury Park Toy Drive gave out donated toys and clothes to over 400 area families on the Asbury Park boardwalk Saturday. The drive, now in its 15th season, collected “a good 5,000” toys, according to founder Connie Breech, a sergeant with the city’s police department and a member of the […]

The Asbury Park City Council Wednesday voted to submit a grant application to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to seek funds to dredge portions of Deal Lake. The Deal Lake Commissioner paid for the cost of an engineering study and supplemental materials for the city’s $6.9 million request for funds to restore the lake […]

About 15 students from Care on the Square preschool spent their Monday morning in the Board of Education office celebrating the season with school officials. The children placed ornaments they had made out of tissue paper to resemble stained glass on the office tree, listened to Superintendent Lamont Repollet read “The Polar Express” to them, received […]

First floor residents of the Munroe Towers were briefly evacuated following a fire that broke out Sunday in one of the clothing dryers in the basement laundry room. At 1:41 p.m. members of the Asbury Park Fire Department arrived at the 15-story rental complex where they found heavy smoke in the basement and parts of the […]

At their last meeting before a change of guard on Jan. 1, Asbury Park City Council members put politics aside to trade accolades and thank fellow members who won’t return to the dais in the new year. Mayor-elect John Moor, who has been a sitting councilman for the past 16 months, sincerely thanked his colleagues, […]