Asbury Park Mayor Ed Johnson appeared on cable news channel MSNBC this morning to talk about congress’s failure to vote on a $60 billion relief plan for areas affected by Hurricane Sandy. The storm, which hit on Oct. 29, 2012, caused an estimated $50 billion of damage on the East Coast, according to MSNBC. In […]

The estimated $750,000 severance package for former Loch Arbour village clerk Lorraine Carafa may have been approved under unlawful circumstances due to a discrepancy between the minutes and a recording from the meeting when the deal was approved. The resolution establishing an agreement between Carafa and the village was discussed in closed executive session on […]

A local man was arrested after a routine traffic stop when he was allegedly found to be in possession of a handgun and hollow-point bullets. On Dec. 22, at approximately 1:30 p.m., police stopped Otto Lucky, 57, in the area of Comstock Street and Bangs Avenue for not stopping or yielding at a stop sign, […]

Tonight’s Hurricane Sandy relief concert at Convention Hall is almost sold out, according to co-organizer Tim Donnelly. About 50 tickets are left for the event. My Morning Jacket and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band will headline, and Joseph Arthur, Nicole Atkins, River City Extension, the Tangiers Blues Band will perform. Since The Sun’s first story about On the Beach: A Sandy Relief […]

The city council will hold its first meeting of the new year at 6 p.m. tonight. The council will not hold a workshop session tonight. The closed executive session begins at 5 p.m. Items on the agenda include: • Public participation beginning just after 6 p.m. • An appointment to the zoning board. • Application […]

Decades separate local teenagers from the members of the Asbury Park VFW, but an area mother has brought the two groups together by hiring a popular DJ to put on teen parties at VFW headquarters. Kimberly Brown [pictured at right, third from left], of Neptune, organizes the parties, which started this fall. VFW members donated […]

Monmouth County’s Republicans and Democrats united to fundraise for the first time in their history yesterday at the Stone Pony, and have collected $100,000 and counting for Sandy relief. “We took the governor’s and the president’s lead by forgetting about parties and doing what needs to be done,” Joe Grillo, executive director of the Monmouth […]

On New Year’s Day, hundreds of people will brave the elements and jump into the Atlantic in Asbury Park. The Sons of Ireland Polar Bear Plunge is scheduled for Jan. 1, 2013, with registration at 10 a.m.; a bagpipe march to the beach at 12:30 p.m.; and the plunge itself at 1 p.m. From 1 […]

The city council selected GCS Contractors of Oakhurst to complete restroom renovations at the West Side Community Center. GCS Contractors bid about $67,000 for the project. The second lowest bid $93,000 in costs while the third lowest bid $131,000. City engineer Joe Cunha had expected the project to cost $75,000 to $85,000, he said. The […]

The first council meeting of the new year will start an hour early, city clerk Steve Kay said today. On Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, the regular city council meeting will begin at 6 p.m., with no workshop meeting. The closed executive session will start at 5 p.m. as usual. Usually, the workshop session starts at […]