An Asbury Park teen has been arrested in connection with shots fired Sunday in the vicinity of Prospect and Mattison avenues, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced in a written statement. Dyquan P. Young, 18, is charged with second degree possession of a firearm for unlawful, and the third degree crimes of hindering the […]

An alliance of 20 environmental groups, businesses, local officials and individuals came together Wednesday morning to fight offshore drilling. Held under a the barrage of rain outside of Langosta Lounge on the Asbury Park boardwalk, the event aimed to rally all New Jersey residents to attend the only public meeting being held in the state on […]

Whether you call it Mardi Gras, Shrove or Fat Tuesday, the end of carnival season will be celebrated locally on Saturday. Organized by the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce, the Third Annual celebration features an  afternoon of family-friendly mask making ahead of the night’s Happy Hour and Masquerade Ball  according to Executive Director Sylvia Sylvia-Cioffi. […]

A group of city residents advocating for housing equity have formed the Asbury Park Affordable Housing Coalition. Comprised of Tracy Rogers, Derek Minno-Bloom, Felicia Simmons, Pam Lamberton, Kris Hlatky, Jennifer Lewinski, and Doug McQueen, the group is asking: What if our low- and middle-income community members – including teachers, firemen, restaurant workers and artists – […]

Garden State Equality joins the Racial Justice Project in presenting Barry Jenkins’ Academy Award winning Moonlight, being screened 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Church, located at 503 Asbury Ave. Tapped by the New York Times as the Best Film of the 21st Century, Moonlight is the first film with an all-black cast, the first LGBT […]

A 20-year-old Moorestown man died as a result of a motor vehicle accident along South Lincoln Avenue in Ocean Township early Saturday morning, Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced in a written statement. Dane M. Fante, 20, of Moorestown, was the passenger in a 2006 Audi AA8 driven by Jose R. Rivera, 21, of Lyndhurst, officials […]

Organizers behind the Fifth Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, being held on March 11, have announced that Asbury Park Press Publisher Tom Donovan will be this year’s Grand Marshal. A Lewes, Del. native and  University of Delaware graduate, Donovan began his tenure at the Asbury park in the summer of 2007, according to a written […]

Save the date – Asbury Park artist Charles Trott returns with another installation of his Diasporic Images of Africa [DIA] project. Black Like Me is the title of this African-American History Month educational art display running through month’s end at the Asbury Park Public Library. On Feb 21, Trott will offer a 2 to 7 […]

The comedic actor whose breakout role in Taxi led to long career in front of and behind the scenes of a host of television, film and stage productions will return to Asbury Park in April. An Evening With Danny DeVito will be held 7 p.m. April 28 at the historic Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park Music […]

Asbury Park Police have confirmed the apprehension a 43-year-old woman they believe to be the wig wearing thief wanted in multiple jurisdictions, including Toms River and Wall. “We aren’t 100 percent sure but we strongly believe that it is the same person,” department spokesman Sgt. Michael Casey. Casey said, Toms River and Wall police came […]