The Asbury Park Board of Education on Wednesday filled two vacancies left by members who resigned in June. After brief public interviews of five potential candidates, city residents Felicia Simmons [above, at right] and Kenneth Saunders, Jr. [above, in center] were selected to join the nine member board. Both are graduates of Asbury Park High School […]

From Aug 21 to 27 the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: AUG 21 • An 18-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with defiant trespassing at Asbury Park Village. • A 26-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct at Boston Way. • A 24-year-old male […]

By the end of September, Asbury Park will see the first new trees planted through American Forests’ efforts to study and improve the overall tree canopy and green structure in the city. American Forests, the oldest national nonprofit conservation organization in the country, is leading the effort as part of their “Community ReLeaf” program to […]

The Asbury Park City Council has plans to revive three former citizen advisory committees. Applications are currently being accepted. Residents interested in joining the Budget Committee, the Public Safety/Code Committee and the Parking Committee can pick up an application at the city clerk’s office at 1 Municipal Plaza between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m Monday […]

The Neptune Township Committee has plans to change a rent control ordinance that was approved just two weeks ago. Members of the committee [shown above] introduced an amendment to the measure at their Monday meeting that exempts any dwelling with four or less rental units from the ordinance. The original language of the ordinance exempted […]

The memory of Rachel D’Avino, one of the 26 victims gunned down in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, now has a permanent home in Asbury Park. At a dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony Saturday, before the purple ribbon that surrounded the playground on Asbury Park’s 7th Avenue beach was cut, before anyone stepped up […]

[CORRECTION: This meeting is an invitation-only event for local officials and others active in Deal Lake restoration activities. The Sun previously had reported it was open to the general public.] The Friends of Deal Lake [FoDL] board of directors are meeting Wednesday with local officials and residents active in lake restoration to discuss opportunities to […]

Below is the Allenhurst police blotter from July 28 through August 13. The information is published unedited from the Allenhurst Police Department: JULY 28 After stopping a 37-year old Wanamassa man for driving an unregistered vehicle, he was subsequently found to be under the influence of alcohol. He was given field sobriety tests, which he failed, and […]

An Asbury Park man was arrested and charged with shoplifting between $200 and $500 worth of goods from a local pharmacy and then evading police on Thursday. Kason R. Morris, 40, of Washington Avenue is alleged to have stolen the household and personal hygiene items from the CVS Pharmacy at 4000 Asbury Ave. in Tinton […]

Three Asbury men were wounded in mid-day gunfire on Sunday in the 900 block of Mattison Avenue, according to Charles Webster, spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. No arrests have been made in connection with the incident, Webster said. The three victims are all in their twenties and their injuries are non-life-threatening, he said. […]