The Lakehouse Music Academy took over Asbury Park’s Stone Pony on Sunday for their third “big gig,” an end-of-semester performance that lets students showcase the skills and songs they’ve learned in front of a supportive crowd of family and friends. The event starts at noon with performances by students in the “Get Started” program, for […]

Two Prospect Avenue residents face multiple charges of animal cruelty after two male pit bulls in their care were found with what appear to bite wounds and scars from fighting, according to Victor “Buddy” Amato, chief of police for the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [MCSPCA]. Asbury Park Police officers who […]

Incoming Asbury Park City Manager John “Jack” Kelly [above] came in for criticism in a report fifteen years ago by the State Commission of Investigation [SCI] when he was Chief Financial Officer for the City of Orange. The 1998 report — which Kelly told the Sun was “inaccurate” and “biased” — dealt with former Orange […]

Standing in the packed main dining room of Tim McLoone’s Supper Club, where plunge participants usually gather before ultimately disrobing on the beach in the frigid January air to then hop into the Atlantic in the name of charity, former Asbury Park Rotary Club president Jeffery Bassett jokingly told first time plungers they were getting off […]

A 26-year-old Asbury Park resident pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder charges stemming from the 2010 shooting of a 29-year-old Neptune Township resident, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Felix A. Negron pleaded guilty to first degree attempted murder before a Monmouth County Superior Court Judge in connection with the August […]

Bank on Mattison claimed the spot as the first new downtown bar and restaurant in Asbury Park  to open in 2014 earlier this month. Thomas McInerney, 43, his wife Jodi, 40, and his twin brother James partnered with former Baca manager Bryan Grant and former Old Man Rafferty’s manager Chase Moriarty, both 28, to bring […]

The Second Baptist Church’s Men’s Ministry Christian Education Department and Youth Ministry will host a Black History Month celebration and men’s health fair on Saturday, Feb. 1. Principal Baruti Kafele will deliver the keynote address at the celebration. Kafele is a “Hall of Fame” urban public school educator with over 20 years of experience in […]

A new pharmacy whose goal is to fill prescriptions in 10 minutes or less has opened up on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Main Street. “That is the bottom line — our goal is to get the service quick,” said Kiran Venigalla, head pharmacist at the location. If a certain medication is not on-site, Quick Med […]

Two Asbury Park police officers remain unable to work after they suffered injuries in a car crash early Monday morning when their marked patrol car was hit by a 52-year-old city man who failed to yield to a stop sign, according to police. Patrolmen Michael Boone and Francis Sangi were travelling south on Memorial Drive […]

New Jersey Transit reports 10 to 15 minute delays Wednesday, Jan. 22 on all lines except for the Atlantic City Line due to ongoing inclement weather, according to a travel advisory notice on their website. Rail service is also operating on an extended weekend schedule on all lines except for the Atlantic City Line. Tickets […]