A directly-elected mayor, staggered terms and run-off elections are among the recommendations the city’s charter study commission [above] will submit to Asbury Park voters in a referendum this November. Also in the package of changes is moving the municipal election from May to November. If voters approve the recommendations, new elections will take place next […]

Two shooting incidents took place in Asbury Park over the weekend. On Saturday at approximately 7 p.m., a 20 year old male suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound in the area of Emory Street, according to Charles Webster, public information officer at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s office. A few hours later, at 1:53 a.m. early Sunday morning […]

Runners of all ages are invited to “hit the streets” of Asbury on Aug. 10 in the annual Asbury Park 5k. The race, now in its tenth year, began 20 years ago as the Asbury Park 10k Classic. The 10k race was moved to Red Bank a decade ago and was renamed the “Sheehan Classic” […]

Asbury Park’s 7th Avenue beach is now the site of a Sandy Ground Project playground. The goal of The Sandy Ground project is to build 26 playgrounds in communities affected by Hurricane Sandy across the coasts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to honor 26 lives lost in the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting […]

Children involved in the summer program at the Boys & Girls Club in Asbury Park helped kick off a community art initiative on Monday. The project, called “Table Talk,” is designed to create spaces for people to meet and engage in civic discourse around handmade tables placed in specific locations around the community. Table Talk […]

The Monmouth County DWI Task Force will operate a DWI checkpoint on Main Street in Allenhurst on Saturday night and Sunday morning to detect for drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to a task force news release. The checkpoint will be conducted at Main Street and Elberon Avenue from 11:00 p.m. on […]

Representatives of The Garden State Film Festival [GSFF] are still in search of a city to host the 2014 event, and Atlantic City is not the only option. Communications between GSFF board members and city officials to keep the event in Asbury Park  have proven unsuccessful. In addition, dates for next year’s festival could not […]

The city council voted last night to advertise for a new city manager to replace Terence Reidy [above], as well as for a new chief municipal finance officer and purchasing agent. The vote to advertise for the city manager was 3-2. Mayor Myra Campbell and Council members John Moor and Amy Quinn voted yes, while […]

Asbury Park will see its first-ever St. Patrick’s Day parade next year. The Asbury Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee is in the initial planning stages for the event, scheduled for Sunday, March 9, 2014, according to the parade website. The tentative parade route will start at Fourth and Ocean avenues and travel south on […]

A new coalition advocating same-sex marriage in New Jersey initiated its campaign on the Asbury Park boardwalk this morning. New Jersey United for Marriage [New Jersey United] includes two New Jersey-based civil rights organizations, Garden State Equality and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, along with national organizations American Unity Fund, Freedom to […]