John McGillion’s newest Asbury Park addition is being named Candy Bar, announced at a bar-naming party on Wednesday, Oct. 17. McGillion owns Johnny Mac’s tavern on Main Street between Cookman and Mattison avenues, as well as several bars in Brooklyn and Manhattan. He held a bar-naming contest, promising $500 to the winner, to name the […]

An 11-story building located in downtown Asbury Park is set to be refurbished after the planning board approved the owners’ proposal Monday night. Known as the Gas Building, the art deco structure at the corner of Bangs Avenue and Emory Street dates back to the 1920s, said Jim Watt, a co-owner and the architect of […]

From Oct. 16 to 22, 2012, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: OCT. 16 • A 34-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with defiant trespassing. OCT. 17 • A 27-year-old male from Neptune was arrested and charged with possession of controlled dangerous substances [CDS]. • A 20-year-old male from Barnegat […]

A storage garage for vintage cars is one step closer to reality after last night’s planning board meeting. The garage will be located in a former meatpacking warehouse. The lot fronts mostly on Summerfield and Bangs avenues, with additional frontage on Bond Street. The garage’s loading area fronts on Summerfield Avenue. On the Bangs Avenue […]

Those seeking information about the upcoming charter study commission vote are invited to the West Side Community Center for a public forum about changes of government. If approved by a majority of voters on Nov. 6, a charter study commission [CSC] would scrutinize the city’s current form of government and possibly recommend changes. At the […]

The Asbury Park Police Department and Fire Department will meet for the first annual Gun vs. Hoses flag football game on the beach this weekend to raise funds for their respective charities. The game starts at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, with a rain date of the following Sunday. The firefighters will play for […]

Two Asbury Park men were shot at 1:23 a.m. this morning on Main Street, according to Marc Lemieux, director of investigations for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. The shooting occurred in the street, in the area of 1217 Main St. [pictured above] between Fourth and Fifth avenues, Lemieux said. The two victims, ages 28 and […]

Residents of the Stephen Manor and Vita Gardens housing developments attended Wednesday night’s council meeting to protest impending rent increases — but according to officials, it is unclear if any of the complexes’ residents will have to pay the increases themselves. Both facilities were recently purchased by Vitus Group, a Manhattan-based firm that specializes in […]

Developers of a $7 million renovation project at the Stephen Manor and Vita Gardens housing developments are seeking more local contractors to fill jobs on site after receiving complaints that they weren’t hiring enough area workers. The Vitus Group of Manhattan recently bought both complexes and is rehabilitating them. In June, Vitus Group’s Scott Langan […]

The state’s Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] has created a list of historic artifacts from the former Palace Amusement complex that cannot be moved from their current storage locations unless boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette (or Madison Asbury Retail, LLC) informs the DEP first. Two artifacts from the former Palace Amusement complex [pictured above] — a […]