Asbury Park resident Gil Caldwell and his colleague Marilyn Bennett have successfully raised all of the funds needed to back their 30-minute documentary film, “From Selma to Stonewall.” The film explores the similarities and differences between civil rights and LGBT movements in the United States. A total of 98 backers have donated $150 over the […]

From July 9  through 17, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: JULY 9 A 21-year-old female from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with simple assault and criminal mischief in the first block of Avenue A. A 25-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with shoplifting in the 1000 block […]

The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has indicated they will support the city’s effort to secure Green Acres funds for the preservation of an area on the city’s northern beachfront. At the July 10 Freeholder meeting, Freeholder Director Lillian Burry stated she instructed both Ed Sampson, director of the County Planning Board, and James Truncer, director […]

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 […]

Smash Mouth guitarist Sean Hurwitz will head to Asbury Park’s LakeHouse on July 25 and hand over two of his personal guitars to help aid young. local musicians. The guitars will benefit New Jersey non-profit The Project Matters’ new effort “Guitar Days,” which encourages musicians to donate new or lightly used guitars so they can […]

Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden Monday helped 40 Asbury Park senior citizens prepare themselves in the event of an emergency or natural disaster, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. The program, Seniors Taking on Readiness Measures, or STORM, is part of the county’s Office of Emergency Management [OEM]. The program equips those who […]

Below is the Allenhurst police blotter from June 10 through 27. The information is published unedited from the Allenhurst Police Department: JUNE 27  • Police received a report of a bicyclist down, in the roadway, on Ocean Avenue. A check of the area found the bicyclist at Edgemont Drive and Ocean Avenue, in Loch Arbour,. The Deal […]

Allenhurst police started up their pedestrian decoy program again this weekend successfully netting nine individuals who failed to properly yield to a plain clothed officer posing as a pedestrian at a crosswalk. Police set up at a crosswalk on Ocean Avenue and ran the decoy program for two hours on Saturday. Ten people were stopped […]

Two partners of the Asbury Festhalle and Biergarten are on their way to securing a second business in Asbury Park — Baca Sushi Bar and Sports Lounge. Andrej Ivanov and Ladiflav Sebestyen, also business partners in Hoboken’s Pilsener House and Biergarten, have “fallen in love with the historic gateway location where Baca has been suffering from […]

A locked bicycle taken from the 500 block of Bangs was recovered after the owner’s wife saw a man riding it the next day and alerted police. On Wednesday, July 9, a bicycle owner witnessed a man later identified as Borden Avenue resident Luis Antonio Vializ, 43, unlock his $1500 bike and ride away on […]