Public talks about bringing a skate park to the city’s West Side will begin at this week’s council meeting, scheduled for April 3 at 6 p.m. The proposal is in its beginning stages, city manager Terence Reidy said. Chris “Puddin” Aylward will attend the meeting on Wednesday and, with city officials, explain the plan during […]

Tickets for the second annual Asbury Park Restaurant Tour go on sale Monday, 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 28, from noon to 4 […]

Paid parking resumes in the waterfront area and the downtown business district on Monday, April 1. “I ask everyone to prepare themselves for that,” said Mayor Ed Johnson at the March 13 council meeting when the go-ahead was given to resume charging. “It’s well past time.” Paid parking had been suspended while parking pay stations […]

A Willingboro woman was arrested yesterday after allegedly “pistol-whipping” an Asbury Park woman earlier this month, Asbury Park Police Detective Captain Anthony Salerno has said. Lashawn Mayfield, 39, of Willingboro, engaged in verbal conflicts with a 41-year-old Asbury Park woman over several days earlier this month, Salerno said. On March 8, the dispute culminated in […]

City council candidates Randy Thompson and Duanne Small are staying on the charter study commission — for now, at least — despite City Attorney Fred Raffetto’s legal opinion stating that their council runs create an actual or perceived conflict of interest. “There is no law that states that I cannot sit here as a commissioner […]

An Asbury Park man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl on Saturday is receiving two more charges stemming from multiple incidents, Asbury Park Police Detective Captain Anthony Salerno said. Francisco Hernandez, 30, was first charged with simple assault and sexual assault after the Asbury Park Police Department received a call from DYFS at […]

Boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette may shut down Convention Hall if it cannot continue its use of three surface parking lots in the city’s waterfront redevelopment area, said Gary Mottola, president of property investments for the group, yesterday. Madison Marquette is asking the city to acquiesce to several requests in order for the redeveloper to continue […]

From March 20 to 25, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: MARCH 20 • A 33-year-old female from Bradley Beach was arrested and charged with prostitution, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a syringe in the 700 block of Asbury Avenue. • A 65-year-old female from Tinton Falls was arrested and […]

A Neptune man has admitted he stabbed a dog in the chest during an altercation with its owner in December, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Altarik Cullum, 27, of Neptune, pleaded guilty on Friday, March 22, to one count of animal cruelty in front of Asbury Park Municipal Court […]

Asbury Park received attention in the Sunday New York Times this morning, with a write-up about the upcoming Asbury Park Comic Con convention organized by Red Bank’s Rob Bruce and his partner Cliff Galbraith. The event is in Convention Hall on March 30, which gets it in under the wire — no events are scheduled […]