The City of Asbury Park’s official website is back on-line after being taken down by a group of hackers for a second time. The Sun reported earlier today about the hacking of the site, which was restored by late in the afternoon. Online forums have indicated the group responsible are hackers from Turkey. The group “Ayyildiz […]

Children at Asbury Park Pediatrics received a special visit today from Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., [above, at center] who showed up to read to them as part of a national campaign to improve literacy. The event draws focus to the national nonprofit “Reach Out and Read” program. The nonprofit program is made up of a […]

The City of Asbury Park website [cityofasburypark.com], a topic of discussion at recent council meetings, has been hacked for a second time. The group “Ayyildiz Tim,” or Ayyildiz Team, who is believed to be responsible for the first Aug. 11 hack that replaced the website with a blue image of a man holding a rifle, has seemingly […]

This Friday, the Asbury Musical Heritage Foundation [AMHF] will open their Local Live! doors to no-so-local singer-songwriter Manu Saggioro [shown at right] and violist Kimberly Foster at Where Music Lives on Cookman Avenue. Where Music Lives is the performance and exhibition space of the AMHF. The space is used to bring music-based initiatives to the […]

A search subsequent to a motor vehicle stop led to the arrest of three men and two women in Asbury Park on Saturday night on various weapons charges, according to a statement from Det. Lt. David DeSane of the Asbury Park Police Department. At approximately 10:30 p.m., the Street Crime Unit of the Asbury Park […]

Local fashion boutiques and familiar faces will be highlighted at a “Girls Next Door” themed fashion show headed to Asbury Park. The event, organized by Jersey Shore Premiere Events [JSPE], will take place Wednesday, Sept. 18 at Watermark. The fashion show supports small businesses from the Jersey Shore area by “representing and boosting the exposure […]

Two positions on the Asbury Park Housing Authority, and an alternate position on the city’s zoning board, have opened up, and the city council is seeking applicants to fill them. The application for both positions is the same one that was created to establish the citizen advisory committees. Interested residents can pick up a copy […]

The Asbury Park Housing Authority has received approval to demolish the Boston Way apartments [shown above]. Approval came from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Special Application Center, according to a statement released by Tyrone Garrett, interim executive director of the Asbury Park Housing Authority. “Within thirty seconds of receiving the demolition approval,” […]

The Asbury Park Historical Society will hold a ceremony Sunday to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the S.S. Morro Castle disaster. The ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. in front of the Morro Castle monument just south of the entrance to the Paramount Theater, according to a press release from the Asbury Park Historical […]

The City of Asbury Park website [cityofasburypark.com] is due for a major upgrade in the coming months. To gain input from the community, members of the Asbury Park city council will host a forum Thursday, Sept. 5 at 7:00 p.m. in council chambers to discuss what residents and community would like to see on the […]