Ocean Township Mayor Christopher Siciliano says his town’s sewage treatment plant has the capacity to handle Asbury Park’s wastewater if plans move forward to close the city’s treatment plant on Ocean Avenue, as proposed by master waterfront redeveloper iStar. IStar’s proposal, reported in Thursday’s issue of the triCityNews, is to close Asbury’s waterfront treatment plant […]

Local musician Sal Boyd can’t seem to sit still. Since his 2011 graduation from Berklee College of Music in Boston, the Allenhurst native has been splitting his time between Asbury Park – performing his original songs and playing guitar in local musical theater productions, and Nashville – touring with country singers Greg Burroughs, Tim McNary and Jay Taylor. […]

For Oscar buffs, next week’s an next week’s announcements of the 2016 Academy Awards nominees will start the clock on viewing as many of those films as they can. While short films have been always been a part of the independent theater’s showcases, this marks the first time all three genres – animated, live-action, and documentary […]

A traffic stop for defective license plate lights led to the drug possession arrest of a 37-year-old Sayerville man, Ocean Township Police Department spokesman Det. Lt. Timothy R. Torchia said. John “Johnny’ Collador is charged with possession of a prescription legend drug, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, operating a motor vehicle with drugs inside, […]

The city is readying once again for the annual Light of Day Winterfest. Included in an array of musical performances to support its mission to fight Parkinson’s disease will be Asbury Underground’s third annual participation. “As last year’s success proved, the relationship with the Underground and the downtown brings a whole new dimension, energy, and […]

Asbury Park Police Department responded to a stabbing and multiple shots fired Wednesday night, spokesman Michael Casey said. An unidentified man was stabbed in the forearm near 9:18 p.m. along the 1000 block of Summerfield Avenue, Casey said. The adult male was found with stab wounds on one of his forearms. Minutes later, at 9:28 […]

The Asbury Park Police Department has issued a no parking notice to coincide with the expected large crowd for Deal Police Captain Earl Alexander’s funeral Thursday afternoon. The wake for Alexander is being held from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Buckley Funeral Home, 509 Second Avenue. In anticipation of a large showing, there will […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education swore in its newest members Tuesday during its annual reorganization meeting. Sheila Etienne, Kenneth Saunders and Angela Ahbez-Anderson were sworn into office by business administrator Geoffrey Hastings. Harris was voted president of the board and Saunders was named Vice president. The board attorney gave a brief overview of the […]

A collaborative investigation by Monmouth County police departments led to the arrest of a serial burglar, Ocean Township Police Department spokesman Det. Lt. Timothy Torchia said Wednesday. Tommy Earls, 55, of Neptune, has been charged with over ten residential burglaries, one of which dates back to 2013, and a commercial burglary, Torchia said. The collaborative […]

Asbury Park Music Foundation [APMF] is among 15 nonprofits awarded a national Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation grant Tuesday. “We are so thrilled,” Executive Director Matthew Hockenjos said. “We are so happy to finally get word of this grant and we can’t thank the public enough because they really got us there with their votes.” […]