Last month’s Asbury Park High School production of “The Wiz” was so successful, theater/dance department head Gary Kilmer is about to do cartwheels in the road — literally. Tomorrow at 2:30 p.m., Kilmer will cartwheel down Sunset Avenue in front of the high school, making good on a statement he made during rehearsals. A month […]

The committee of petitioners seeking a change of Asbury Park’s municipal government have encountered another setback. The group, led by Duanne Small, filed a lawsuit alleging city clerk Stephen M. Kay acted erroneously in rejecting a petition they filed seeking a change in the city’s government to be approved by voters at a referendum. Their […]

After a few shaky years, sales are steady in the condominiums in Asbury Park’s waterfront redevelopment zone — so steady, in fact, that Wesley Grove only has one unit left to sell, while North Beach has vacancies only in its third building, which was just completed last year. Wesley Grove and North Beach are both […]

Images of waves and the boardwalk will adorn this year’s beach badges thanks to designs made by Vivian Taormina and Sara Norstrom, respectively. The city joined the Arts Coalition of Asbury Park [ArtsCAP] to hold a design contest for the 2012 seasonal and daily beach badges. ArtsCAP member Dennis Carroll presented the city council with […]

In the 1980s and 1990s, AIDS was an epidemic that was a major part of the global conversation. Now, talk of the disease has died down and many think it is only an issue in third-world countries. In reality, people are still contracting the disease worldwide — and in Monmouth County. The Center in Asbury […]

Two young men have been charged with attempted murder following a months-long investigation into an incident that occurred in January. Steven Lezin, 19, of Asbury Park, and Joseph Hiran Saez, 18, of Long Branch, are being charged with two counts each of attempted murder and one count each of unlawful possession of a weapon and […]

The central business district is abloom with twice as many trees as it once had, thanks to the city’s Environment and Shade Tree Commission. The volunteer group saw to the selection and planting of the 220 trees after the city was awarded a grant to complete infrastructure improvements in the downtown. The federal grant provided […]

Two men have been charged with the 2011 murder of Asbury Park resident Ronald Chisolm, 45. Chisolm was robbed and shot dead on Feb. 21, 2011. Joshua Simmons, 24, of Asbury Park, and Kalil Griffin, 25, of Long Branch, were charged with one count each of felony murder, armed robbery, unlawful possession of a weapon […]

The first of an estimated 12,000 runners in the New Jersey Marathon entered Asbury Park at approximately 9:48 a.m. Pictured above was the lead runner. The runner entered Asbury Park over the Norwood Avenue Bridge on Route 71 by crossing over Deal Lake Drive onto Park Avenue, about a quarter mile past the 17 mile […]

The “Asbury Fresh” market debuted today in Kennedy Park on Cookman Avenue. Organized by Bret Morgan and Lauren Philpot, the market will operate every Saturday morning through Thanksgiving from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eight vendors inaugurated the first market with offerings including jewelry, raw foods, pickles, human-grade dog treats, jams and soaps. The Humane […]