Asbury Park’s Cable Television Advisory Committee will host candidates’ forums for individuals who seek election in the Nov. 4 municipal and board of education races, according to a news release from the organization.  On Tuesday, Oct. 21, Asbury Park board of education candidates will go head-to-head in a debate-style election forum presented by APTV and sponsored by the Asbury Park Education […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the […]

Councilman John Moor, who is running for mayor in the November election, has a pending legal claim against the city. “I filed a worker’s comp case in 2009 saying I was injured at work and I’m waiting for it to [be litigated],” Moor said. Moor [shown at right] was an employee of the city’s public […]

Kula Café has received one of the 2014 Excellence in Housing and Economic Development awards from the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, according to a release from café owners. The café, a community restaurant and job training program  in Asbury Park, was one of two winners in the category of Leading Public-Private Economic […]

Below is the Allenhurst police blotter from September 22 through October 3. The information is edited to meet Associated Press Stylebook standards but is published otherwise unedited from the Allenhurst Police Department: SEPT 22 • Police responded to a report of a suspicious person in the area of Allen Avenue, at the train tracks. Officers […]

An Asbury Park police Lieutenant was hospitalized Thursday night after he was struck in the face by a teenager on Washington Avenue. At approximately 10 p.m. Lt.David DeSane was in full uniform and walking to meet other officers he was training on the in the south west quadrant of the city when he noticed two […]

The Asbury Park chapter of the National Action Network is sponsoring a Unity Rally on Main Street and a United Gospel Festival at the Paramount Theatre Saturday, Oct. 11, with Rev. Al Sharpton as the gospel show’s keynote speaker. The Unity Rally starts at 1 p.m. in Bradley Park, located on the block west of […]

The city has collected an additional $737,000 in beach and parking revenue so far this year, in comparison to last year’s totals, according to city records. Beach revenue totals are up $183,348, from $1,110,165 last year to $1,293,523 this year, city records show. The roughly sixteen percent increase does not include surplus from prior years […]

An affordable housing development is one step closer to being built on the city’s West Side. The Asbury Park planning board approved an application for The Michaels Organization, one of the master developers of the Springwood Avenue redevelopment area, to build a mix of 64 residential townhouse and multi-family units on vacant lots within the Springwood […]

From October 2 through 7, the Asbury Park police department made the following arrests: OCT 2 • A 45-year-old male from Neptune was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct in the 400 block of Ridge Avenue. • A 21-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with obstructing justice in the 600 block of […]