A man suffered a minor laceration to his hand when he tried to fend off two loose pit bulls that attacked a dog he was walking on a leash Saturday, according to a news release from Ocean Township police. The victim, a 37-year-old man, said he was walking his girlfriend’s beagle mix when two pit […]

A two-family house that caught fire Thursday morning has left at least three Asbury Park residents without a home. Asbury Park firefighters responded to 1544 Asbury Avenue Thursday morning, according to an Asbury Park fire official. Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire conditions on both the first and second floors of the home, located at […]

On Saturday, March 22, members of the Rebuild by Design team and Asbury Park community leaders will lead a participatory parade from the west side of the city to the east side, according to a news release from event organizers. During the “Rebuild One City” parade, new strategies to protect Asbury Park from future storms […]

A fire broke out on the 1000 block of Sewall Avenue in Asbury Park Wednesday evening. Asbury Park firefighters responded to the blaze shortly after 9:30 p.m. When they arrived on the scene, a vacant house on the block was heavily engulfed in flames, said Asbury Park Fire Chief Kevin Keddy. Firefighters from Asbury Park, […]

A fire broke out in a storage shed at the site of the Kingsley Arms apartment complex Wednesday, according to an Asbury Park fire official. Firefighters responded to the two-alarm blaze shortly after 3 p.m., Asbury Park Fire Department spokesperson Garrett Giberson said. When they arrived on the scene they found heavy fire conditions coming from […]

In order to get a better picture of the city’s housing and crime issues, members of the Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN] and city officials have agreed to go on a bus tour of the city streets together. The goal is to give network leaders and city officials a clearer picture of what […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, The recent closure of the Asbury Park  Boys & Girls Club pool is another slap in the face to residents of the West Side of the city and those who actually used the facility. In a recent Sun article about the closing, Executive Director Douglas Eagles stated, “Our current club […]

The Asbury Park Technical Review Committee [TRC] is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at 6 p.m. to discuss plans for a new development of town homes in the city. Asbury Partners, LLC, is the applicant. Waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial  — the majority owner of Asbury Partners — signed an agreement in November with national homebuilder K. […]

Two incidents of gunfire took place Tuesday, one in Asbury Park and one in Neptune Township, according to police. A residence in the 600 block of Pine Street in Asbury Park was struck once by gunfire, according to Charles Webster, a spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Webster could not say what time the […]

Students at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Asbury Park got a demonstration from Monmouth County Sheriff’s Officer Kurt Kroeper and his narcotics detection dog Evan Tuesday. The demonstration educated students and faculty of the school on the tasks the K-9 team is responsible for. The students were split into two separate groups, an […]