Patrons of The Anchor’s Bend bar may be able to keep their toes in the sand and their faces in the sun while simultaneously sipping cocktails as early as this summer. Members of the Asbury Park City Council voted to introduce an amendment to one of the city’s general licensing ordinances at their June 18 […]

The Asbury Park Republican Committee has elected Charles P. Smentkowski, Sr. as their new chairman. “I’m honored that the committee has selected me to represent such a great group of dedicated republicans,” Smentkowski said in a statement sent to the Sun. Smentkowski is a former Asbury Park Police officer and retired lieutenant from the Monmouth […]

After four years in Asbury Park, Asbury Comicon founders Robert Bruce and Cliff Galbraith are moving next year’s convention to the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus. The move was announced on the Asbury Comic Con Facebook page on Monday night. “Yes, we’re leaving Asbury Park for 2015 and heading north to the Meadowlands, just 10 […]

Local environmental activists seeking to preserve a section of the North Asbury beach area from development are calling for the public to attend a meeting of the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders on Thursday in Asbury Park. The meeting — a regular session of the freeholders who make it a practice to hold some of […]

The Asbury Park Planning Board granted site plan approval for a set of 28 townhomes national homebuilders K. Hovnanian Homes plans to build on the western waterfront at a special meeting held Thursday. The vote was 6-1. The development, called “South Grand” brings 28 two- and three-bedroom residential units to the western side of the […]

Pieces of the old Palace Amusements building that were saved when the site was demolished ten years ago will be looked at once again by an independent conservator Thursday. The inspection will be conducted by Paul Himmelstein, an independent, professional conservator who specializes in preventative conservation and paid for by the nonprofit group Save Tillie. Himmelstein […]

Asbury Park Police have identified individual taken in custody following a stabbing that occurred on Springwood Avenue Tuesday as 19-year-old Tyhiem “Slim” McGhee. McGhee, a Borden Avenue resident, is accused of stabbing a 42-year-old Asbury Park resident after the two got into a verbal altercation that turned physical during a barbecue being held in the […]

On Wednesday, July 9 from 6 to 10 p.m., The Lakehouse Music Academy will host a red carpet fundraiser screening of The Beatles’ 1967 film “A Hard Day’s Night” to benefit students at Asbury Park’s Hope Academy Charter School. Tickets to ‘A Hard Day’s Night for Hope’ are $75 per person and include dinner, dessert […]

Police have taken one person into custody following a stabbing that occurred on Springwood Avenue. Shortly after 4 p.m. police were notified of a verbal altercation that escalated into a physical altercation in the rear yard of an address in the 1400 block of Springfield Avenue, according to Deputy Chief Anthony Salerno. During the physical […]

From June 11 to the 17, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: JUNE 11 • A 22-year-old male from Irvington was arrested and charged with hindering apprehension at One Municipal Plaza. • A 24-year-old female from Bradley Beach was arrested and charged with defiant trespassing in the 700 block of Fifth Avenue. • A 35-year-old […]