Installation of about 20 bike racks in the downtown area began today on Cookman Avenue. About 10 racks were installed today and the rest should be in place by the end of the week. Each rack installed today has a sign advising cyclists to wait until tomorrow, Sept. 12, to use them so the concrete […]

Members of the public continued to request that the city implement a civilian review board at the Sept. 5 council meeting. A civilian review board [CRB] — also known as a citizen review board or a civilian complaint review board — is a group of citizens who look into the public’s complaints against the police […]

From Sept. 3 to 10, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: SEPT. 3 • A 24-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest in the 200 block of First Avenue. SEPT. 5 • A 34-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with assault […]

In 1962, Marilyn Monroe died, the first Wal-Mart opened, Andy Warhol painted a soup can — and about 350 students graduated from Asbury Park High School. Fifty years later, some of those students are reaching out to their former classmates to spread the word about a class reunion, scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 28. […]

The deadline is past and the signatures are counted, and five city residents have been approved to run for the charter study commission. A charter study commission [CSC] would scrutinize the city’s current form of government and recommend changes if they see fit. The CSC is subject to two votes in the November general election. […]

Beach fee revenue for Asbury Park exceeded $1 million for the first time ever this season, according to beach utility manager Garrett Giberson, Sr. Giberson said that the city is about $2,000 over the $1 million mark, not including this weekend which will be added to the final tally. Last year, beach fee revenue was […]

The city council approved a shared services agreement that should save the town 65 percent of its tax assessing software costs, according to city manager Terence Reidy. The council unanimously approved a resolution at its Sept. 5 meeting authorizing the city to join Monmouth County’s tax assessment software program. “It’s a more transparent system, and […]

The landmark Berkeley-Carteret Hotel is up for sale with an asking price of approximately $40 million, according to the Coaster newspaper. The paper reports in its Sept. 6 edition that investors Joseph and Jacob Chetrit, who bought the hotel in 2007 for $16 million, are offering it for sale through the Carlton Group, based in […]

Historical society members are getting to work on Sept. 15 in hopes of finding a 19th-century monument in the sand near the Sixth Avenue beach. Around 1893, James A. Bradley, Asbury Park’s founder, saw to the installation of a 12-foot-high monument to the 1854 New Era shipwreck, which took place off the coast of Asbury […]

About 450 homes in the northwest section of Asbury Park lost power this morning just after 10 a.m. Power was restored at 11:19 a.m., according to Jersey Central Power & Light [JCP&L] area manager John Anderson. The outage was caused by a broken wire but the reason for the breakage is unknown, Anderson said. It […]