A Summerfield Avenue home caught fire just before 2 a.m. on July 4, fire chief Kevin Keddy said today, and the department has video footage of the blaze. Firefighters extinguished the blaze at the two-family, unattached, wood-frame dwelling shortly after receiving the call at 1:53 a.m., Keddy said. They arrived on the scene at 1405 […]

Last night’s July Fourth fireworks went off without a hitch, Police Chief Mark Kinmon said this morning. “It was a great night,” he said, with “probably the biggest crowd we’ve seen here in the last few years for fireworks.” He estimated the crowd’s size at more than 20,000, and said the cancellation of Red Bank’s […]

The construction of the new ShowRoom movie theater on Cookman Avenue has made notable progress, as the building’s cement block frontage is complete. The project is “halfway there,” said co-owner Michael Sodano. Sodano and his wife, Nancy Sabino, opened the art-house movie theater in 2009. The ShowRoom mostly screens independent films, but also presents other programming […]

From June 27 through July 2, 2012, the police department made the following arrests: • On June 27, a 49-year-old female from Ocean was arrested and charged with hindering apprehension and contempt of court at the Transportation Center. • On June 27, a 61-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with simple assault […]

The Asbury Park Police Department is searching for two males who allegedly held up a jewelry store at Main Street and Bangs Avenue then fled on foot. At about 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 30, two males entered the store, Police Chief Mark Kinmon said, where three employees were working. “They were talking about making […]

Petitions are ready for candidates who wish to serve on a proposed charter study commission that will review whether Asbury Park should change the way it organizes the city government and elects its officials. City clerk Steve Kay said the petitions can be picked up at his office in city hall. Candidates must be a […]

A man’s body was found off of Second Avenue last month after four people were rescued — and the Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County is holding a Learn-to-Swim Program for youngsters on Tuesday in response to the accident. “We want to ensure that all kids are educated about water safety and proper swimming before […]

Yesterday morning, a county-wide advisory for residents to boil water before consuming it was downgraded to just 22 towns. Asbury Park and Interlaken were taken off the boil-water advisory list — although all the municipalities surrounding them still remain subject to the advisory: Loch Arbour, Allenhurst, Ocean Township and Neptune. That’s because Asbury Park and […]

The boil-water advisory in Monmouth County has now been reduced to 22 towns, according to a statement on the Monmouth County government website. Asbury Park and Interlaken are not included in the boil-water advisory, which was put in place after three water mains [shown above] collapsed yesterday at the New Jersey American Water company’s Swimming […]

(UPDATE: County government website now says Asbury Park and Interlaken not subject to water boil advisory. Click here for the Sun story on the updated information and link to county website. The story below is now out-of-date by this new information.) As the New Jersey American Water Company seeks to get its Swimming River treatment […]