Downtown Asbury Park developer Sackman Enterprises is disputing the start date for five years’ worth of payments to the city owed on the Steinbach’s building. The calculations are a year off, Sackman said, and the difference in payment is about $100,000 less than the city claims. The amounts in dispute are owed under a payment […]

The Asbury Park Fishing Club is sponsoring its 2nd Annual Carp Fishing Contest on Sunday, April 13 from 7 a.m. until noon. The contest is free to the public with prizes awarded in four categories: $75 for largest carp, $50 for second place, $50 for most carp caught and $25 for the junior winner under 12 […]

A majority of the city’s residents may not be recycling, according to Councilman John Moor. The city collects recycling on a once-weekly basis, and when Moor puts his cans out he notices few of the homes within the area are doing the same. “To me, 80 percent of the town is not recycling,” he said. […]

A 64-year-old Asbury Park resident accused of swinging a machete at a woman after a verbal disagreement they were having escalated has been indicted. A Monmouth County Grand Jury handed up an indictment Wednesday charging Lonzie Crawford, 64, Washington Avenue, with one count each of third-degree aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, fourth-degree unlawful possession of […]

If the research is true, over three-quarters of the people that read this article have a fear of public speaking. On Thursday, April 10th, Jan Sparrow and Scott Asalone, co-owners of Words! Bookstore in Asbury Park, will help attendees combat those fears at a one-time workshop,  “Taking the Fear Out of Public Speaking”, or “How to Talk About […]

Well known figures from the comic book industry will gather at the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel April 12-13 for the Fourth Annual Asbury Park Comicon,  New Jersey’s pre-eminent comic-book convention. Thousands of fans are expected to descend on the event as well, this year held at the historic Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel. The con features an all-star line-up […]

City Manager John “Jack” Kelly has a plan to create a new title that would allow him to appoint a long-time Asbury Park employee to a quasi-assistant city manager’s position. Anthony Nuccio, the city’s director of community relations and social services, may be named the city’s “deputy municipal manager.” The title must first be created […]

An Asbury Park resident is accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint and later entering a random residence to hide after police located him. Abybakr Shabazz, 20, of Dewitt Avenue, allegedly approached a female victim early Monday morning with a small caliber handgun and demanded money in the 10 block of Ridge Avenue, according to […]

From March 26 to April 1 the Asbury Park police department made the following arrests: MARCH 26 • A 30-year-old female from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and resisting arrest in the 200 block of Atkins Avenue. MARCH 27 • A 22-year-old male from Sea Bright was arrested and charged […]

The April 15 filing deadline for 2013 tax return is fast approaching, and for low to middle-income earners free filing assistance is available in Asbury Park. The Community Affairs and Resource Center is offering free tax preparation through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance [VITA] program. Households with dependents who earn less than $51,000 and households […]