The Asbury Park Drama Club’s production of “Dreamgirls” opened Thursday to a crowd of about 150 people, leaving two more performances Friday and Saturday nights. “We’re very pleased,” said Chanta L. Jackson, communications coordinator for the district. “We’re expecting larger crowds tonight and tomorrow.” “Dreamgirls,” based upon the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts […]

Asbury Park High School senior Daquane Bland-Bennett will head to West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, WV on an academic and athletic scholarship in the fall, according to a news release from the district. Bland-Bennett officially signed Wednesday — National Signing Day — with the co-ed liberal arts college.  He has played both running back and defensive back […]

Portraits of prominent African American men and women created by students from Asbury Park High School will be displayed in the library of City Hall throughout the month of February, in celebration of Black History Month. Visual art students from Asbury Park High School took some time out to salute their heroes and heroines by creating […]