The State Police has issued a missing child alert for a 15-year-old boy [shown at right] in his hometown of Elizabeth on Sept. 17. Sebastian Cardona is described as a Hispanic male, standing 5 feet and weighing 100 pounds. He has green eyes and blonde hair, according to the alert. “Sebastian was last seen on […]

There’s no secret that litter, particularly plastics, is a threat to the nation’s oceans and waterways. But what is hardly known, is a grassroots movement organized by individual chapters of the Surfrider Foundation that is beginning to take hold. Working to rehabilitate the worst offenders, the Rise Above Plastics campaign is aimed at changing dependency […]

The Orlando Memorial Grove Plaque reads in part: ‘May love, tolerance, and compassion bloom in this garden and spread throughout this community and our world,’ Asbury Park Environmental Shade Tree Committee’s Tom Pivinski read during Saturday’s planting and dedication service at Liberty Square Park. At 8 a.m., a group of volunteers set out to plant […]

An eviction notice has been delivered to organizers behind QFest, the state’s only LGBT film festival. Located in Ocean Grove’s Jersey Shore Arts Center [JSAC] on Main Street, QSpot Executive Director John Mikytuck released a news statement saying they have until year’s end to find a new home. The agency’s lack of “arts and education” programming […]

New Yorker staff writer William Finnegan’s fifth book, an autobiographical chronicle about his passion for surfing, won him a Pulitzer Prize this year. Released in 2015 by Penguin Press, “Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life” received acclaim from avid surfers and non surfers alike. “Mr. Finnegan seems to remember every wave he ever surfed,” Dwight Garner […]

When Freehold based artist Kortez created his “Life is Nothing Without Hue” meme it was a focused campaign to win the heart of a woman. Today the meme and its art is inspired by the reciprocal love of family and friends. “I created a meme, and the reality of her lack of love made me […]

Asbury Park City Council adopted the 2016 municipal budget Wednesday. The city will transfer $275,000 from its municipal Transportation Utility’s 2014 fund balance to offset the decrease in Transitional Aid from the state, City Manager Michael Capabianco said. “We will be using money that was left over and not allocated for anything,” he said. While […]

The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s office had identified the body found in an Ocean Grove dune as 61-year-old Richard Morton. The cause and manner of the the Ocean Grove resident will be determined following the ongoing autopsy, spokesman Charles Webster said. Morton was reported missing since Aug. 26, Webster said. On Wednesday evening, Morton’s cousin Patrick […]

An 18-year-old man was faces second degree attempted murder charges in relation to the stabbing of a 28-year-old city resident Tuesday, Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Charles Webster said. Chyrod Freeman, 18, of Asbury Park was arrested and charged with second degree attempted murder and other weapons offenses, Webster said. Asbury Park Police responded near […]

No personal information is being released with regard to the person found dead on an Ocean Grove sand dune Wednesday morning, Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Charles Webster said. An autopsy is being conducted, he said. “Pending a full autopsy and subsequent notification of next of kin, the identity and other personal details will not […]