The newly launched Women’s Hospitality Network [WHN] was featured this week in an NJTV news segment. WHN is comprised of a team Asbury Park and Neptune churches and organizations that offer shelter, a warm meal, and toiletries to women experiencing homelessness.  The program houses up to a dozen women on a rotating basis at a […]

Asbury Park Police Department has charged a 26-year-old man with the Sunday afternoon stabbing incident in Railroad Plaza, Deputy Chief David Kelso announced in a news statement. Eddie Laboy of Neptune has been charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose [a knife] and unlawful possession of a weapon, Department Spokesman Sgt. […]

Transportation Manager Michael Manzella proposed installing an electric-vehicle car share program during Wednesday night’s City Council Workshop meeting. The vehicles would be available to rent for an hour or up to a day, Manzella said. And like the bicycle share program, the city would be the first to offer the service along the Jersey Shore. […]

In an open letter to the Mayor and City Council, Help Not Handcuffs Founder Randy Thompson, Muata Greene and Deidre ‘Tiff’ Metcalf, and a group of area signatories will call for the removal of the James A Bradley statue that sits in the waterfront located park in the city founder’s name. Thompson’s organization is a nonprofit that works […]

Asbury Park resident Gil Caldwell and his wife Grace will be guests on the Steve [Harvey Show] this week. The daytime talk show taped the segment Monday to spotlight just how a group of fifth graders took a stand to help the couple get the honeymoon they were barred from having 60 years ago. Harvey […]

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, Senator Sandra Cunningham, Former Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno, and Assemblywoman Joann Downey are among those on the political lineup at the inaugural Asbury Park Women’s Convention: A Day of Politics and Comedy, organizers announced Monday in a written statement. “I am absolutely humbled by the diverse turn out of exceptional […]

The Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce has announced its 2018 Carousel Award honorees. The decades-old event acknowledges those in the community who have gone above and beyond in support of commerce, community and humanity, Executive Director Sylvia Sylvia-Cioffi said. Being held on May 11, this year’s boardwalk themed event will pay homage to many well-known […]

The City of Asbury Park has announced a planned Jersey Central Power & Light electric outage in the downtown Tuesday. “There will be a planned interruption of electric service in order to secure a switch that’s located in our manhole,” according to the statement. The work is being done to ‘help improve electric service reliability.’ The […]

The ringleader for an Asbury Park-based violent criminal street gang was sentenced Friday to 17 years by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Oxley, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced via a written statement. Altyreek Leonard, 24, of Asbury Park was a part of the Operation Dead End arrests, which in the 2014 snared […]

The Asbury Park Public Library is seeking input from the community by way of a 10 question survey, according to a social media post from Board of Trustees member Kerri Martin. The questionnaire asks the public to weigh in on various aspects of services and programs, as well as how the library can contribute to […]