Asbury Park resident Gil Caldwell and his wife Grace will be guests on the Steve [Harvey Show] this week. The daytime talk show taped the segment Monday to spotlight just how a group of fifth graders took a stand to help the couple get the honeymoon they were barred from having 60 years ago. Harvey […]

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, Senator Sandra Cunningham, Former Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno, and Assemblywoman Joann Downey are among those on the political lineup at the inaugural Asbury Park Women’s Convention: A Day of Politics and Comedy, organizers announced Monday in a written statement. “I am absolutely humbled by the diverse turn out of exceptional […]

The Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce has announced its 2018 Carousel Award honorees. The decades-old event acknowledges those in the community who have gone above and beyond in support of commerce, community and humanity, Executive Director Sylvia Sylvia-Cioffi said. Being held on May 11, this year’s boardwalk themed event will pay homage to many well-known […]

The City of Asbury Park has announced a planned Jersey Central Power & Light electric outage in the downtown Tuesday. “There will be a planned interruption of electric service in order to secure a switch that’s located in our manhole,” according to the statement. The work is being done to ‘help improve electric service reliability.’ The […]

The ringleader for an Asbury Park-based violent criminal street gang was sentenced Friday to 17 years by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Oxley, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced via a written statement. Altyreek Leonard, 24, of Asbury Park was a part of the Operation Dead End arrests, which in the 2014 snared […]

The Asbury Park Public Library is seeking input from the community by way of a 10 question survey, according to a social media post from Board of Trustees member Kerri Martin. The questionnaire asks the public to weigh in on various aspects of services and programs, as well as how the library can contribute to […]

An Asbury Park teen has been arrested in connection with shots fired Sunday in the vicinity of Prospect and Mattison avenues, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced in a written statement. Dyquan P. Young, 18, is charged with second degree possession of a firearm for unlawful, and the third degree crimes of hindering the […]

An alliance of 20 environmental groups, businesses, local officials and individuals came together Wednesday morning to fight offshore drilling. Held under a the barrage of rain outside of Langosta Lounge on the Asbury Park boardwalk, the event aimed to rally all New Jersey residents to attend the only public meeting being held in the state on […]

Whether you call it Mardi Gras, Shrove or Fat Tuesday, the end of carnival season will be celebrated locally on Saturday. Organized by the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce, the Third Annual celebration features an  afternoon of family-friendly mask making ahead of the night’s Happy Hour and Masquerade Ball  according to Executive Director Sylvia Sylvia-Cioffi. […]

A group of city residents advocating for housing equity have formed the Asbury Park Affordable Housing Coalition. Comprised of Tracy Rogers, Derek Minno-Bloom, Felicia Simmons, Pam Lamberton, Kris Hlatky, Jennifer Lewinski, and Doug McQueen, the group is asking: What if our low- and middle-income community members – including teachers, firemen, restaurant workers and artists – […]