Tonight’s city council meeting has been cancelled due to freezing weather conditions, according to City Clerk Steven Kay. The meeting has been postponed to next Wednesday, Jan. 29. All business scheduled for tonight’s meeting will be addressed next week. Meeting times will remain the same, with a closed executive session at 4 p.m.; a workshop […]

The city council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 4 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 agenda for […]

County officials have postponed a meeting with city officials to discuss the possible preservation of Bradley Cove. “The county decided they needed to cancel it,” said Acting City Manager Anthony Nuccio. At this point, Nuccio is “not comfortable” discussing why the meeting was cancelled, he said. It is the third time the county  has agreed […]

From Jan. 14 to 20 the Asbury Park police department made the following arrests: JAN 14 • A 22-year-old female from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice in the 100 block of Monmouth Avenue. • A 47-year-old female from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice in the […]

Come springtime, Asbury Fresh organizers will open a year-round market in Asbury Park. The Asbury Fresh Public Market will be housed in a 4,000 square foot converted warehouse behind storefronts on Second Avenue off Main Street. Plans are to fill the space with about a dozen year-round food and craft vendors along with an event […]

For U.S. Senator Cory Booker, the civil rights movement has come a long way since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom over 50 years ago — but it still has a long way to go. Booker delivered a keynote address in front of a full congregation of about […]

The site of the Upstage Club, a non-alcoholic after-hours club where Bruce Springsteen [shown at right performing], Johnny Lyons and others from the early 1970s Asbury music scene played together has been listed for sale. The three story site had been abandoned for years, although the upper floors where the musicians had once played remaining […]

A 35-year-old city man who had been barred from weapons possession due to a previous conviction was sentenced to ten years in a New Jersey state prison after he was found guilty of weapons offenses, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Radavine Allah, also known as Robert Brown, 35, of […]

A Super Cab taxi van got lodged in between two storage tanks after the driver of the vehicle crashed into the garage door at the Asbury Park Waste Water Treatment Plant located at 1700 Kingsley Avenue. The Asbury Park Fire Department [APfd]  responded to the call alerting them of the incident minutes after 7 a.m. […]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth and Middlesex Counties has named their 2014 “Big Brother” and “Big Sister” of the year. Ray Patsky of Long Branch and Big Sister Christine Krawczuk of Holmdel were chosen for their exceptional commitment to their “littles” they mentor, according to a news release from the agency. “These individuals have […]