From April 24 to 30, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: APRIL 24 • A 30-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice in the 800 block of Langford Street. APRIL 25 • A 20-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with possession of controlled […]

A city man was found guilty Wednesday of second-degree robbery following a seven-day trial stemming from a 2008 incident, according to a prepared release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Virgil Baldwin, 39, of Asbury Park, and Robert King, 37, of Keansburg, were each found guilty of one count of second-degree robbery, according to the […]

The municipal budget for 2013 still has not been brought to the council because the state is requiring all municipalities along the shoreline to submit FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] applications prior to approving budgets, city manager Terence Reidy said. There are three different categories for FEMA applications, and one of those categories could impact […]

Pending the adoption of an ordinance, Asbury Park will join a beach replenishment project covering much of Monmouth County’s coastline. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the federal government’s Army Corps of Engineers have an agreement in place to perform a replenishment project whereby they import sand from farther out in the ocean […]

From April 17 to 22, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: APRIL 17 • A 25-year-old female from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with burglary to a motor vehicle and theft of property. • A 31-year-old male from Keansburg was arrested and charged with possession of controlled dangerous substances [CDS] and […]

HBO may shoot its popular drama “Boardwalk Empire” in Asbury Park in the future. The cable network is in talks with the city and boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette to possibly bring the show here, said Madison Marquette’s senior vice president, Anselm Fusco, today. “We are in conversations with HBO and the city,” Fusco said. “It […]

The dog park committee is pushing the designation of a possible park site to the first or second week in May, Councilwoman Sue Henderson said at the April 17 council meeting. Originally, Henderson said a location would be chosen by March 28. But after committee members realized a few of the sites they had chosen […]

After turning himself in, a Freehold Borough man has been charged with the shooting of two men in Asbury Park last night, one of whom has died, according to a news release from the office of Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni. The incident was not gang-related, the prosecutor’s office said. Rather, it resulted from a […]

The Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County has selected Asbury Park resident Ijataque “Tay” McClain as its 2013 Youth of the Year. McClain will receive a $1,500 scholarship and compete against other Boys & Girls Club members for the New Jersey Youth of the Year title and a $20,000 college scholarship on June 3. As the new […]

The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office has released the names of the two victims of last night’s shooting. One of the men has died, while the other remains in the hospital. Orlando Rowe, 30, of Bridgeport, Conn., was pronounced dead due to multiple gunshot wounds at 9 p.m., about 90 minutes after the shooting occurred, said […]