A special prosecutor appointed by the city council to investigate the conduct of housing authority members during the tenure of former executive director Mark Holmes has issued a sweeping exoneration of current authority members and “any Board member who may have recently tendered his or her resignation.” “They appeared to have exercised their duties as […]

Asbury Park High School’s department of theater and dance will ease on down the road to Oz this week as they perform their spring musical, “The Wiz,” in the school auditorium. “I think long and hard about the selection of the show each year,” said Gary Kilmer, show director and head of the department. Last […]

Izameke Legagneur dropped out of high school a few years ago. But thanks to a local organization, he is working toward his goal of attending trade school for electrician and HVAC work. Legagneur is one of the local young adults who gain work experience through community service in the New Jersey Youth Corps. The Corps […]

The city council is scheduled to begin discussions tonight on extending or making permanent a pilot program to allow dogs on all areas of the city’s boardwalk in the off-season from Oct. 1 through April 30. The current program expires on April 30, according to city attorney Frederick Raffetto. The question for the council will […]

A Freehold woman drove her silver Toyota into Deal Lake this evening, but police officers and bystanders pulled her out of the vehicle and the water within minutes. Shannon Conlon, 36, was driving north on Kingsley Avenue just after 5 p.m., according to fire department public information officer Garrett M. Giberson. Instead of turning left […]

At Wednesday night’s council workshop session, which starts at 6 p.m., the city plans to discuss communicating with the public regarding the upcoming Bamboozle music festival under an agenda item reading “Schedule Bamboozle Public Awareness Meetings.” In addition, the governing body is scheduled to discuss in closed executive session unspecified amendments to its festival contract […]

With John McGillion’s purchase of the Bistro Olé building, a beer garden is one step closer to Main Street. McGillion, owner of Johnny Mac House of Spirits, is scheduled to close on the purchase of the neighboring building this Friday. Bistro Olé, a restaurant serving Spanish and Portuguese cuisine, will remain in operation, he said. […]

The president of the board of education spoke publicly today regarding the weekend arrest of his 23-year-old son who now faces a charge of murder in connection with the slaying of a 30-year-old city man in October. In comments today to the Asbury Park Press, Gregory Hopson, Sr. said “I don’t see where my position as […]

A group of volunteers and students spent Saturday morning installing an acre of American beach grass at the North End beach. Preliminary work for this event started in October 2011. The dune grass planting was a collaboration between the American Littoral Society [ALS], the Asbury Park Environmental and Shade Tree Commission, the Asbury Park Department […]

The 23-year-old son of the president of the board of education has been arrested and charged with murder, according to an article today in the Asbury Park Press. Gregory Hopson, Jr. was arrested Friday on charges related to a robbery which occurred days before the Oct. 2 shooting of 30-year-old Ryekill Agostini, who was found […]