This summer, visitors to the city will be able to hitch a free ride between the boardwalk and downtown Cookman Avenue on one of three electronic cars. The Free Ride service, which also operates in the New York Hamptons, Palm Beach, Fla., and Santa Monica, Calif., will begin service Friday. The cars, similar to extended open-air […]

The city is applying for a Green Acres grant to purchase the Bradley Cove and the North End beach area, city manager John “Jack” Kelly announced at the May 21 council meeting. A new round of $100 million in Green Acres program funds was announced earlier this month by the state Department of Environmental Protection. The […]

The Asbury Park Film Initiative [APFI] and Shore Flicks are teaming up again to bring free movies back to the beach in front of Langosta Lounge this summer, with weekly films screened on Thursdays in July and August. “As die-hard film fans, we’re thrilled to partner with Shore Flicks again this year to bring free […]

An Asbury Park man who admitted he was responsible for the 2011 shooting death of another city man was sentenced to 20 years in a New Jersey state prison, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Gregory Hopson, Jr., 25, was sentenced to prison Friday by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge […]

For the second year in a row, crew members of the Asbury Park Waterfront marketing campaign dressed in brightly colored orange polo shirts will lend their knowledge of Asbury Park to summer tourists. They come as part of iStar Residential’s ‘Summer Experience’ initiative, which offers seasonal and daily beach packages. Amenities include access to a […]

A man who was allegedly spotted tucking a handgun into the waistband of his pants was arrested on drug charges when police found 30 bags of heroin in his possession. At approximately 4:30 p.m. on May 20, Ocean Township police responded to a call from a witness who said they saw a man place a […]

Motorists who travel to the beachfront by way of Asbury Avenue can expect detours in the days and weeks ahead as work to update the city’s infrastructure begins. Work began Wednesday morning near the intersection of Asbury Avenue and Heck Street [shown above]. Asbury Avenue will be closed to all traffic from Heck Street to […]

Seventy-five Knockout Rose bushes now line the northwest corner of Bangs and Main avenues, where overgrown shrubs once hid the century-old Asbury Park Post Office building from passers-by. About 20 members of the Asbury Park Environment and Shade Tree Commission [ESTC] planted the bushes Saturday in an effort that took less than an hour to […]

Two separate ceremonies held in Asbury Park on Monday paid tribute to the city’s firefighters and those who served in the United States Armed Forces. In Fireman’s Memorial Park, at a service that recognized those that put their lives on the line to combat fires that break out in the city, Fire Chief Kevin Keddy […]

Four men were shot and one stabbed in three separate incidents that took place Sunday and Monday evenings. Two men were shot in the area of 404 Myrtle Ave. in Neptune Sunday. Neptune police received multiple 9-1-1 calls reporting shots fired in the area shortly after 10 p.m., where there was apparently a large party […]