The city council is scheduled to meet tonight in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda for […]

From Aug 28 to Sept 3 the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: AUG 28 • A 29-year-old male from Neptune was arrested and charged with assault by automobile and hit and run in the 1100 block of Monroe Avenue. • A 26-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with possession […]

Due to a lack of funds and a recent change of municipal leadership, the 11th annual Asbury Park Mayor’s Ball has been postponed. “There were no funds in the Mayor’s Ball account for this year from the previous year,” said Mayor Myra Campbell [shown at right, at swearing-in ceremony]. As well, the change of leadership […]

This summer, Asbury Park residents Trisha Smith, 16, and Troy Herbert, 23, [pictured above] gained work experience that will last them a lifetime. The two were hired by the Asbury Park Waterfront [AP Waterfront] campaign, which created 48 new positions this summer through waterfront redeveloper iStar Residential’s “Summer Experience” initiative. Of the 48 new hires, […]

Deal Lake has been stocked with a variety of over 14,500 fish within the last two months to make up for a decrease caused by hurricane Sandy. Due to the storm’s effects on the lake, The Deal Lake Commission requested additional stocking from the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, according to Don Brockel, […]

The two Democrats on the statewide ballot this fall — Barbara Buono and Cory Booker — will be in Asbury Park this evening. Gubernatorial candidate Buono and Asbury Park Councilman John Loffredo will host a meet-and-greet at Brickwall Tavern and Restaurant at 7:15 p.m. Loffredo was called by the Buono campaign to attend the event, but does […]

Get ready to lace up your running shoes, Asbury Park. Toast restaurant will host a charity 5k run/walk in the city this fall that will end with a pancake breakfast after-party in Kennedy Park. The race, which takes place Saturday, Oct. 12, will raise funds to benefit Global Camps Africa and the Michael J. Fox […]

Downtown Asbury Park restaurant Munch closed Friday after seven years at 632 Cookman Ave., and the owners of Mogo, the Korean taco stand on the boardwalk, have plans to take over the space. Kendan “Ken” Lee has plans to sell the lease and all of the equipment in Munch to Mogo co-owners Jay Devino and […]

Today is the last chance to “Vibe in the Streets” this summer, as Asbury Park’s Thursday street party series comes to a close. Vibe in the Streets is organized by APVibe, a marketing campaign to promote downtown Asbury Park as a dining and cultural destination. For the Vibe events, vehicular traffic on Cookman Avenue, from […]

The Neptune Township Committee has rejected all bids for replacement of a collapsed portion of the Wesley Lake retaining wall. All of the bids received by the July 17 deadline were rejected because they exceeded the available funding allotment and the engineer’s estimate for the project’s cost, said Leanne Hoffman, director of engineering and planning […]