The Asbury Park Board of Education has re-opened the search for a district superintendent of schools. An advertisement for the position was placed in a local newspaper Sunday, school board administrator Geoffrey Hastings said. The advertisement sets a May 20 deadline for applications. Rather than form a selection committee to interview candidates, the board chose at […]

Interfaith Neighbors, Inc. and New Jersey Natural Gas [NJNG] announced the completion of two new homes on the West Side of Asbury Park as part of their long-standing collaboration to provide affordable housing opportunities to deserving families and individuals in Monmouth County, according to a news release from NJNG. The two new energy-efficient homes are located on the first block […]

From May 7 to May 13 the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: MAY 7 • A 24-year-old male from Neptune was arrested and charged with murder, criminal attempt and unlawful firearms possession in the 60 block of Taylor Avenue. • An 80-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with promoting gambling in […]

Ownership of the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel will pay out $45,000 for allegedly hiking up rates for rooms by over 100 percent in the days after Hurricane Sandy, including an almost $6,000 payout to hotel customers, according to a news release from the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. The hotel, located at 1401 Ocean Parkway, will pay […]

Downtown developer Sackman Enterprises has closed on the purchase of the historic Kinmouth building at a purchase price of $2.47 million, according to city records. Sackman will move forward with plans to rehabilitate the Savoy Theatre, a 100-year-old former Vaudeville venue that has been vacant for decades located inside the building, and add a residential component of […]

A countywide gun buyback program is scheduled to take place at locations in Asbury Park and Rumson Friday and Saturday, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Monmouth County residents can anonymously surrender weapons Friday May 16, and Saturday, May 17, at the Asbury Park Satellite Office of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s […]

Nineteen professional artists from The Fine Art Collective will converge at The Collective Art Tank in Asbury Park on Saturday, June 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the third-annual Day of Demos event, according to a company news release. The full-day art extravaganza, previously a sold-out success, will offer attendees complimentary art product demonstrations from […]

Police are investigating a Sunday night incident of shots fired in Asbury Park that may be connected with a man who later checked himself into a local hospital with a gunshot wound. A call of shots fired on the first block of DeWitt Avenue was received at approximately 9:30 p.m. Sunday, according to Charles Webster, […]

A young New York resident has decided to capitalize on the lack of public transportation options between Staten Island and areas along the New Jersey coast. Shore For Sure will begin shuttle service between Staten Island, Asbury Park, Belmar and Seaside Heights starting May 23. Service will run through the summer season until one week […]

The Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN] will host their May monthly meeting Saturday, May 10 at St. Stephen’s AME Zion church. Organizers are calling the meeting the “Spring Summit to End Violence.” It begins at 11 a.m. The Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN] is a grassroots initiative that seeks to address […]