Asbury Park tax and utility bills can now be paid online via the city’s website, according to a news release issued Tuesday by the municipality. The credit card payments are administered via the Edmunds payment system and include an estimated 2.9 percent fee, according to officials. From the news release: In order to view the […]

Before you throw away leftover vegetables and fruit – think gazpacho. That was but one of the tips Chef Dan Vogt [at right], owner of Hello Chef in Long Branch, shared with those who attended Friday’s Earth Day Urban Composting Workshop at Cowerks on Lake Avenue in Asbury Park. Hosted by Move for Hunger and […]

Workforce development became a part of the municipal conversation almost as soon as the Mayor and Council took office last year. On Saturday, a part of that conversation was realized when as 110 area residents – 90 percent of them from Asbury Park and Neptune, graduated from hotelier David Bowd’s Salt School. “I want to […]

Three Asbury Park men and a Keansburg resident face life imprisonment for the 2009 killing of a Red Bank Middle School teacher, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Monday afternoon. A Monmouth County grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against each of the men charged in connection with the Sept. 14, 2009 death […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. A public participation session is scheduled to take place near the end of the meeting, after comments from city officials. Items on the agenda for the meeting include: […]

The Deal Police Department is once again joining forces with the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA] to prevent the misuse of prescription drugs. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, the police department will collect potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. According to a news release, the initiative addresses a vital public safety and […]

Avid runner True Fahys of Middletown said she initially thought the 4 p.m. start time for Saturday’s Inaugural 5K Lobster Run/Walk held along the Asbury Park boardwalk, up around Wesley Lake and back was going to be bit tricky. But in the end, the top female finisher, who also finished third overall, said it was […]

It may have been bad timing but the trees cleared from the perimeter of the Asbury Park circle on Earth Day posed a safety hazard, according to a letter addressed to Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth). In the letter, New Jersey Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Stephens said, “The trees were removed due to severe decay.” […]

Larhea Childress, a 15-year-old Asbury Park High School student readying for her first job, graduated Saturday morning from the SALT school. “The hospitality industry is one of the largest things that helps people on a daily basis,” Childress said after receiving her diploma. As part of the school district’s Career and College Readiness program, Childress […]

Those who drove around the Asbury Circle Friday were met with a jarring visual. Hundred year-old oak and pines trees were being cleared from the perimeter. “The great looking tall trees around the Asbury Circle are being cut down one after the other,” was Don Brockel’s first message. “Yes some should go down…..but the ones […]