Asbury Park resident Harold Suggs, of 1011 Fifth Ave., has filed to run for mayor in the November 4 municipal elections. All five council seats are up for grabs and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly elect their mayor. Suggs has entered a bid for a city council […]

Local restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach has filed run for a seat on the Asbury Park City Council in the November elections. All five council seats are up for grabs in the November 4 election and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly elect their mayor. “United Community for Asbury” is […]

Another full ticket, the “A-Team,” has filed to run in the Asbury Park City Council elections. All five council seats are up for grabs in the November 4 election and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly elect their mayor. On the “A-Team” ticket, former Board of Education member […]

From Aug. 26 to Sept. 2, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: AUG 26 • A 40-year-old male from Neptune Township was arrested and charged with possession of CDS [cocaine] and possession of drug paraphernalia at the intersection of Cookman Avenue and Main Street. • A 44-year-old female from Neptune Township was arrested and charged with […]

Incumbent Asbury Park Mayor Myra Campbell has filed to run for re-election in the 2014 city council race. All five council seats are up for grabs in the November 4 election and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly select their mayor. As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, Campbell is […]

On Thursday, Sept. 4 at 7:50 a.m., the first official school day will begin for district students, including those who will attend the newly re-opened Barack Obama Elementary School. Late last week, teachers put the finishing touches on their classrooms and bulletin boards as elementary students will be returning to the building for the first time […]

Charles Gurrera, manager of Georgies bar in Asbury Park, will be remembered at multiple memorial services and benefits held in Asbury Park. Proceeds of all the events will be donated to Gurrera’s family, to help ease the financial burden in their time of need. On Sunday, Aug. 31, Georgies Bar will host a memorial tribute […]

Asbury Park youth who participated in a week long summer jazz camp will perform Friday, Aug. 29 at 3 p.m. in the Asbury Park High School auditorium. This is the fourth year The Jazz Arts Project, a Red-Bank based nonprofit organization, has conducted their Asbury Park Summer Music Camp for beginning instrumental music students at the […]

On Thursday, Sept. 4, Jan Sparrow and Scott Asalone, co-owners of Words! Bookstore in Asbury Park, will discuss the challenges men and women face in understanding the “unwritten rules” of communication that exist between genders at a seminar held at the ShowRoom Cinema, according to news release from the city’s Business Development Center. How men and women […]

Watermark, an upscale bar and lounge on the Asbury Park boardwalk, has donated a total of $21,500 to support a full music program at the city’s Hope Academy Charter School. At a benefit held Tuesday, Watermark owner Russell Lewis presented Asbury Park’s Musical Heritage Society with a check for $20,000 and, by the end of […]