Comedic greats Jon Stewart, Janeane Garofalo, and Colin Quinn join media well-knowns Rachel Maddow, Russell Simmons, and Soledad O’Brien in The Muslims Are Coming, a comedic documentary being screened 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church, located at 503 Asbury Ave. A part of The Racial Justice Project’s Dialogue Series, the free screening features guest […]

The Asbury Park Complete Streets Coalition will host a Light Up The Night community bike ride 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The grassroots organization, which formed during the summer of 2015, works to make city streets safe for all who use them. Their steering committee is comprised of Paula ‘Polli’ Schildge, Pam Lamberton, Doug McQueen, John Grant, […]

Restoring the early 20th century Stucile Farms water tank holder is at the center of the “Save The Tower” campaign by the Ocean Township Historical Museum. The historical group is most known for successfully moving its headquarters, the 18th Century Eden Woolley House, from the corner of Route 35 and Deal Road and renovating its […]

The distressed swimmer rescued off the Deal Lake Drive beach Wednesday afternoon has died, Asbury Park Deputy Police Chief David Kelso has confirmed. “The family decided to have the victim removed from life support this morning at 6:40 .m.,” Kelso said. The City’s police and fire departments responded near 3:11 p.m. Wednesday to a report of […]

High Voltage Café is the latest victim in a spate of burglaries occurring in Asbury Park. Officers were called to the Asbury Park boardwalk venue, located at 800 Ocean Ave, near 6:27 a.m. Wednesday, Asbury Park Police Department Spokesman Sgt. Michael Casey said. “Entry was gained through a broken glass door on the boardwalk,” Casey […]

Mary’s Place by the Sea has announced the return of their end of season Oceanfront Bash. The Fourth annual event will take place from 6 to 11 p.m. Oct 6 at Buona Sera Palazzo in Ocean Township organizers said. “Wonderful food, music, fun and – probably the most important thing – a mission where we […]

The Asbury Park Fire Department pulled a distressed swimmer to shore Wednesday afternoon, department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr. said. Firefighters, trained in water rescue, responded to a 3:11 p.m. report of two distressed swimmers in the surf off the Deal Lake Drive beach,Giberson said. Asbury Park Police Department spokesman Sgt Michael Casey has identified the […]

Asbury Park Police Department has filed charges against four people in connection to a spate of burglaries across the city, Deputy Police Chief David Kelso said. Detectives conducting investigation into a total of eight breaking and entering incidents have charged the following: Michael T Upshar, 52, with a last known address on Washington Avenue, is […]

Lifelong Asbury Park artist Charles Trott lives by one edict – Before we were Europeans, Asians, Africans or Americans, we were humans. The retired arts educator will unveil his latest project, Cuba and Puerto Rico – Two Wings of the Same Bird, from 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Asbury Park Library, located 500 […]

In preparation of Hurricane Jose’s worst, the Asbury Park Department of Public Works employees are building a protective berm along the ocean’s edge, OEM Coordinator Garrett Giberson Jr said. “We have some high surf due to the tides,” Giberson said of current conditions. “We are doing this as a precautionary measure.” The high surf is […]