Asbury Park council members John B. Moor and Amy Quinn have filed to run for re-election along with three running mates. All five council seats are up for grabs in the November 4 election and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly select their mayor. The petition lists Moor, […]

From Aug. 26 to Sept. 2, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: AUG 26 • A 40-year-old male from Neptune Township was arrested and charged with possession of CDS [cocaine] and possession of drug paraphernalia at the intersection of Cookman Avenue and Main Street. • A 44-year-old female from Neptune Township was arrested and charged with […]

Incumbent Asbury Park Mayor Myra Campbell has filed to run for re-election in the 2014 city council race. All five council seats are up for grabs in the November 4 election and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly select their mayor. As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, Campbell is […]

On Thursday, Sept. 4 at 7:50 a.m., the first official school day will begin for district students, including those who will attend the newly re-opened Barack Obama Elementary School. Late last week, teachers put the finishing touches on their classrooms and bulletin boards as elementary students will be returning to the building for the first time […]

Charles Gurrera, manager of Georgies bar in Asbury Park, will be remembered at multiple memorial services and benefits held in Asbury Park. Proceeds of all the events will be donated to Gurrera’s family, to help ease the financial burden in their time of need. On Sunday, Aug. 31, Georgies Bar will host a memorial tribute […]

The Township of Ocean Police Department is asking the public’s help in locating a missing person. On July 7, 2014 Nicholas Johnson was reported missing from the Gateway Treatment Center located on Center Street in Ocean Township, according to a news release from township police. Nicholas is a 26-year-old male who stands 6’05” tall, weighs […]

Asbury Park youth who participated in a week long summer jazz camp will perform Friday, Aug. 29 at 3 p.m. in the Asbury Park High School auditorium. This is the fourth year The Jazz Arts Project, a Red-Bank based nonprofit organization, has conducted their Asbury Park Summer Music Camp for beginning instrumental music students at the […]

On Thursday, Sept. 4, Jan Sparrow and Scott Asalone, co-owners of Words! Bookstore in Asbury Park, will discuss the challenges men and women face in understanding the “unwritten rules” of communication that exist between genders at a seminar held at the ShowRoom Cinema, according to news release from the city’s Business Development Center. How men and women […]

Watermark, an upscale bar and lounge on the Asbury Park boardwalk, has donated a total of $21,500 to support a full music program at the city’s Hope Academy Charter School. At a benefit held Tuesday, Watermark owner Russell Lewis presented Asbury Park’s Musical Heritage Society with a check for $20,000 and, by the end of […]

Ocean Township police are on a hunt for a man who allegedly attempted to lure two juveniles boys into a van in the Oakhurst section of the township late last week. At approximately 8:19 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, police responded to an area near the intersection of West Park Avenue and Whalepond Road after being […]