Snowfall began earlier this afternoon after a windy and rainy morning due to a nor’easter hitting the region. The early snowfall is hitting just 10 days after Hurricane Sandy hit the Jersey Shore, leaving many homeless and millions without power. In Asbury Park, 730 Jersey Central Power & Light [JCP&L] customers are still without power, […]

The unofficial results are in for Asbury Park’s election yesterday, and a local charter study commission has been approved with five members. Results for the board of education [BOE] election are also in. Although that race is tighter, it appears Qzeena Taylor, Rev. Geneva Smallwood, Barbara Lesinski and Christian Hall have prevailed. County workers are […]

Just 10 days after the Jersey Shore was battered by Hurricane Sandy, a nor’easter storm is on its way to the east coast. “It’s going to be a real nor’easter and it’s not going to have the punch Hurricane Sandy had,” city manager Terence Reidy said, “but … we’re looking at a possibility of 40 […]

Despite the ferocity of Hurricane Sandy, the restaurants and businesses on the Asbury Park boardwalk can reopen next month — depending on the availability of replacement parts to fix electric systems damaged by the storm. That’s the assessment of Gary Mottola, president of investments for Madison Marquette, the boardwalk redeveloper. “All in all, we fared […]

After a small fire erupted this morning in the Ocean Avenue senior tower, power is out again and residents are being evacuated due to dropping temperatures in the city. The fire started around 9 a.m. this morning, fire chief Kevin Keddy said, due to an electrical malfunction in the 480-volt transformer serving the building. The […]

When the city’s voters go to the polls tomorrow, they’ll be making decisions on the local, regional, state and national levels. In addition to choosing a President, Vice President, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, County Clerk and two Freeholders, voters will also see the board of education election on their ballots in November this year for […]

Election Day is tomorrow despite continued power outages throughout the city and region caused by last week’s Hurricane Sandy. Some polling locations have been changed due to the outages. The following polling locations are in effect regardless of whether power comes back to the approximately 3,202 residents who are still without electricity. The deadline to […]

The city and two waterfront redevelopers are seeking to extend the trial period for three boardwalk street light fixtures. The black decorative street lamps have sound systems to play music, and one has an LED digital screen that can display messages or advertisements. The three test lights were donated by Amerlux lighting system, city engineer […]

The Stephen Manor and Vita Garden housing complexes are receiving $7 million of improvements after being purchased by Vitus Group of New York. And thanks to some local employers, some of the improvements are being done by local young men seeking to turn their lives around. The large-scale project is being handled by Ellisdale Construction, […]

The West Side Community Center is set to receive new restrooms through community development block grant [CDBG] funding. The CDBG grant program is run by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]. The city received some CDBG money in 2009 that has not yet been spent, city manager Terence Reidy said. The boys’ […]