From March 26 to April 1 the Asbury Park police department made the following arrests: MARCH 26 • A 30-year-old female from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and resisting arrest in the 200 block of Atkins Avenue. MARCH 27 • A 22-year-old male from Sea Bright was arrested and charged […]

The April 15 filing deadline for 2013 tax return is fast approaching, and for low to middle-income earners free filing assistance is available in Asbury Park. The Community Affairs and Resource Center is offering free tax preparation through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance [VITA] program. Households with dependents who earn less than $51,000 and households […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the […]

An open area of land on the city’s West Side is set for a major upgrade. A conceptual rendering of Asbury JAMS — an acronym for jobs, art, music and science —  has already won accolades from the New Jersey Chapter of The American Institute of Architects, with a Merit Award in the “unbuilt” category. The […]

Tickets for the second annual Asbury Park Restaurant Tour go on sale Tuesday, April 1. The tour is sponsored by the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce and features more than 25 eating establishments in all sections of the city. The event costs $30 and will be held on Sunday, April 27, from noon to 4 […]

Residents, business owners and other Asbury Park stakeholders came together to march from the city’s West Side to the beachfront on March 22, symbolically uniting both sides of the city. The “Rebuild One City” parade was organized by members of the Rebuild by Design competition created by President Obama’s Hurricane Sandy Task Force. By the end […]

The only thing separating Asbury Park beachgoers from access to free wireless internet could, in the near future, be a simple 15 second advertisement. City manger Jack Kelly is exploring ways to bring free Wi-Fi to the beachfront modeled after what San Jose, Calif. has accomplished, he said. “They have this super-fast Wi-Fi in a […]

Mayor Myra Campbell has selected a member of the city’s clergy to be her representative on the Asbury Park Planning Board. City resident Rev. Kenneth Mitchem, pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Cookman Avenue, will join the board as the mayor’s designee. Mitchem is a retired Marine, she said. He keeps an element […]

A recent protest held at the site of the Deal Lake flume house against an upcoming beach replenishment project has earned protesters the ear of the Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps prolonged the public comment period for the upcoming Loch Arbour to Elberon replenishment project, effectively allowing citizens more time to express their opinions, […]

A 76-year-old woman was transported to a nearby hospital after a fire broke out in her apartment Thursday. Member of the Asbury Park Fire Department [APFD] responded to a call at 10:47 a.m. notifying them of a fire that broke out in one of the apartments in the Munroe Towers apartment complex, said Garrett Giberson, spokesman […]