The city-wide 7 p.m. curfew instituted when Hurricane Sandy hit Asbury Park kept the city calm, and no major law enforcement incidents were reported during the power outage, according to Mayor Ed Johnson [above]. The curfew remains in effect until lifted by the city’s Office of Emergency Management, Johnson said. City officials are monitoring the […]

Power in downtown Asbury Park appears to be largely on, with traffic lights working on Cookman Ave. Traffic lights are working on Main St. in the area of City Hall. The light at Asbury Ave. and Main St. at the firehouse is out. Further north on Main, several of the lights are out, particularly as […]

The Sun has received reports of power restored in Asbury Park at several locations east of Main Street. On the Asbury Park Sun and triCityNews Facebook pages, residents reported power restored at the 500 block of Fifth Ave., on Cookman Ave., at Sixth and Park aves. and on First Ave. The Sun previously reported power […]

Power has been restored to a Kingsley St. location. Porta Pizza now has full power, according to manager and head pizzaiola Freddi Vilardi [above on right with staff]. The Kingsley St. establishment plans at 1 p.m. opening today for the bar, and a 2 p.m. opening to serve a limited menu of marinara pizza and […]

Two local business owners have raised almost $50,000 for Red Cross hurricane relief in less than three days using their own skills and a crowd-funding website. Bret Morgan and Danny Croak, co-founders of Bandsonabudget, launched a site, restoretheshore.cowerking.com, to sell T-shirts and hoodies in exchange for donations, at around 7 p.m. Thursday night. They’d been […]

The Sun has received its first reports of power back on in the city. A resident of a condominium building on Sunset Ave. on Sunset Lake reports her building has power. Meanwhile, city manager Terry Reidy sent a text to Sun staff on Friday night stating that the citywide 7 p.m. curfew will continue until […]

The city of Asbury Park put out a call for volunteers earlier this week after Hurricane Sandy hit, and more than 100 people turned out to help. Aid is needed for manning voting booths; overseeing recreation and helping with cleanup and other duties in Belmar. A beach cleanup in Ocean Grove is slated for 10 […]

The city is preparing for Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 6, by acquiring generator-powered trailers with voting booths, according to city resident Joe Grillo. The trailers will be located as close as possible to the original polling locations, Grillo said. Volunteers will be needed to direct people to the trailers to vote. To find your […]

With the greater Asbury Park area still without power, some businesses have nonetheless managed to open their doors. The Hardware Store of Asbury Park on Main Street was open on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Sun received a message from Jerome Beckman of Beckman’s on Bangs Avenue saying that he is open to serve pork roll, egg […]

The two main 1920s-era structures on the Asbury Park boardwalk — Convention Hall and the Casino — visually appear structurally intact in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Sun staff were on the boardwalk Wednesday, the first full day after the storm had subsided. Convention Hall did not appear to sustain any significant damage from the […]