The City Council meeting scheduled for tomorrow night has been postponed to next week. “Because a number of council members have conflicts, everyone thought it would be best — considering it was a light agenda — to move it to next week,” said City Manager Jack Kelly. All business scheduled for tomorrow’s meeting will be addressed at a […]

Concerned citizens, fishermen, residents of Deal Lake and area stakeholders will gather Friday to protest against a 3.5 mile beach replenishment project that stretches from Loch Arbour to Elberon. The president of a local fishing organization says the project will destroy a well-known fishing area called Jetty Country, and a member of the Deal Lake […]

From March 11 to 18 the Asbury Park police department made the following arrests: MARCH 11 • A 33-year-old male from Neptune was arrested and charged with hindering apprehension at the intersection of Asbury and Atkins avenues. • A 41-year-old female from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct in the 1200 block […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, On Saturday, March 15, 2014, Barbara Lesinski and I [Team Mounds Abound] had a fundraiser for the Avon Foundation’s Walk for Breast Cancer at the Wonder Bar. Several businesses donated and friends and local residents came to show their support. We raised $1,165 from Saturday night’s event. We’d like to thank […]

Representatives from waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial and K. Hovnanian homes presented their plans to build 27 town homes on the western edge of the waterfront redevelopment zone to the city’s Technical Review Committee [TRC] last week. The proposed project — called “South Grand” — includes three row-like structures consisting of nine units each built along […]

A 19-year-old Asbury resident was shot near the intersection of Myrtle and West Lake avenues Monday, said Charles Webster, spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. The victim was taken to nearby hospital after is in currently in surgery, he said. Further information about the extend of the teen’s injuries has not been released as of 11:20 […]

The city and boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette may soon reach an agreement that would see operations of three waterfront parking lots put back under Madison Marquette’s control. As a result, Madison Marquette has started the first phase of a state-mandated sprinkler system installation in the Convention Hall complex. The redeveloper had previously stated that the […]

City and county officials, along with representatives from waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial, discussed the possibilities for preserving Bradley Cove Tuesday. The meeting comes five months after the city announced its desire to meet with county officials to restart discussion to preserve the land. County officials, however, would not meet with the city unless a representative […]

A 24-year-old Asbury Park man was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance after police allegedly found over 100 bags of heroin on him. Eugene L. Wilmore, of the 100 block of Prospect Avenue, was picked up by Asbury Park police Wednesday, according to a criminal complaint filed by the department. […]

Two Asbury Park teenagers have been accused beating a Brick Township resident to death while robbing him, according to court documents. A Monmouth County Grand Jury handed up an indictment Wednesday charging Spencer S. Young, 19, and Jahmir K. Bouie, 18, with second-degree robbery, first-degree felony murder, and first-degree murder. The charges stem from a July […]