The City’s Zoning Board of Adjustment has granted College Achieve of Greater Asbury Park the right to open a second location inside First Baptist Church, located at Third and Grand avenues this week. “I am very happy with the outcome,” CEO and Founder Michael Piscal said. The K through 9 public charter school opened this fall inside […]

The Asbury Park Mayor’s Wellness Committee will host a CPR Training session 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Council Chambers at 1 Municipal Plaza. Held in conjunction with the American Heart Association Family & Friends CPR program, the hour long course is designed for those who want to learn the life saving skill but […]

There’s a ‘Secret Santa’ running around town distributing $100 gift cards to Asbury Park students. This England born Santa has an Irish heritage and runs a little pub called Johnny Mac House of Spirits, located on Main Street in Asbury Park. With his wife Mary in tow, John McGillion spent the week shopping for the […]

The Asbury Park Master Plan Reexamination Report was unanimously adopted by the Planning Board Monday night. The Report serves as an update to what is is essentially the City’s planning and development road map, and included changes based on community comments made during its unveiling earlier this fall and online. “Subsequent to that last meeting…and […]

 Monmouth County jury returned a guilty verdict against a city resident charged in the 2014 armed robbery of a man, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced in a written statement. Mario Figueroa, 40, of Asbury Park, was found guilty Tuesday of first degree armed robbery, fourth degree unlawful possession of a weapon, third degree […]

The legends of Doo Wop will gather Tuesday and Wednesday at the historic Paramount Theatre on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. Born in black communities across the nation, the vocally harmonic genre achieved mainstream popularity throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. Famed radio personality and producer TJ Lubinsky is behind this two-day live taped homage that […]

This week, the City of Asbury Park will continue its sewer/water upgrades and road repair work, causing some detours and road closures. Last week we saw the completion of the long anticipated Webb Street repaving [at right before and after]. “The City was able to secure funds to repave Webb Street as a temporary fix […]

Ocean Township Police are searching for a male suspect who robbed a woman at knife point outside a West Park Avenue liquor store Saturday evening. The incident occurred near 7:23 p.m. in the parking lot of Cobblestone Wine & Spirits, officials said in a written report. The female victim reported she was leaving the liquor […]

The Asbury Park City Council will vote to form a Public Art Commission Wednesday during its 7 p.m. meeting in Council Chambers, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. The nine-member Commission replaces the existing public art’s board and will have an increased set of responsibilities. “We are hoping to facilitate more public art through the entire […]

The fight to restore the embattled West Side Community Center advanced last week when a group, identifying themselves as the Committee to Save the West Side Community Center, called for an investigation and immediate appointment of a receiver to take on temporary control of the DeWitt Avenue nonprofit. The 27-page letter and report, dated Dec […]