The Asbury Park City Council approved a resolution to pay former Department of Commerce Director Tom Gilmour close to $20,000 for unused vacation and comp-time Wednesday. Gilmour, a 14-year employee, was informed via a termination letter dated September 24 that his job would end October 30. A standing room-only audience of local business owners packed […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 4:30 p.m., followed by a public workshop session at 6:30 p.m. and the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on […]

Experts, both local and those that are a part of the national landscape, will join in a week long symposium aimed at widening the job and educational opportunities for Asbury Park’s students, according to a news release. Presented by the school district’s College and Career Readiness Institute, the ‘Saving Our Students’ symposium kicks Monday and […]

A 37-year-old Long Branch man was arrested for cocaine and marijuana possession following a motor vehicle stop Saturday, according to Ocean Township Police Department spokesman Det. Lt. Kevin Faller. Faller said James Soweski was observed driving with defective tail light near the Asbury Park Circle. A motor vehicle stop initiated along Route 18 resulted in […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall. 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: • Special Event applications include […]

When The Asbury, opens next spring it will be the city’s first new hotel in close to 50 years, according to a news release issued Monday by waterfront redeveloper iStar. Slated for a May 2016 completion, the 110-room boutique hotel at the long vacant Salvation Army building on Fifth Avenue is among the first of […]

A 42-year-old Morristown man was fatally injured Friday night along Route 35, Ocean Township Police Department spokesman Det. Lt. Kevin Faller said. Officers responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle along the Route 35 near Logan Road, Faller said. The victim was attempting to cross the state highway from the […]

A list of 79 names lay on the starlit table at the entrance to the Carousel House on the Asbury Park boardwalk Friday night. Next to it a laptop computer screen scrolled through photos and names of each of the victims afflicted by anti-transgender bigotry and violence in 2015. “I think that we have established […]

Below is the Allenhurst Police Department crime reports from October 19 to November 12: OCT 19 • A 911 call in reference to a dispute between tenants at a Hume Street residence was resolved without any filed complaints. Ptl. Eustace was assisted by Ptl. Rapolla and Lipari. OCT 21 • A warning in reference to […]

Filmmaker, actor, photographer, raconteur, and author John Waters is bringing his one-man show “A John Waters Christmas: Holier and Dirtier” to the House of Independents on Dec. 7. Located on Cookman Avenue, the House of Independents brings together a mix of theatre, dance, film, comedy, oddities, late night fare, and of course music. Its grand […]