New Jersey American Water Annual Spring Cleaning Don’t be alarmed if you begin to see discoloration in the water being drawn from the tap. New Jersey American Water will be conducting an annual spring cleaning through April 13. The maintenance practice flushes built up mineral deposits from the pipes of its water distribution system, according […]

An overfilled propane tank at a Sewall Avenue construction site led to a joint response Wednesday afternoon by the Asbury Park Fire Department and the Neptune Fire and Office of Emergency Management, Asbury Park Fire Department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr said. The emergency response units were called near 1:20 p.m. by the contractor, Giberson said. […]

The Asbury Park City Council will meet Wednesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. There will be a 4 p.m. closed executive session. The public meetings begin at 6 p.m. with a  workshop session and is followed by the 7 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting. Public participation takes place at […]

The distressed swimmer rescued off the Deal Lake Drive beach Wednesday afternoon has died, Asbury Park Deputy Police Chief David Kelso has confirmed. “The family decided to have the victim removed from life support this morning at 6:40 .m.,” Kelso said. The City’s police and fire departments responded near 3:11 p.m. Wednesday to a report of […]

The Asbury Park Fire Department pulled a distressed swimmer to shore Wednesday afternoon, department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr. said. Firefighters, trained in water rescue, responded to a 3:11 p.m. report of two distressed swimmers in the surf off the Deal Lake Drive beach,Giberson said. Asbury Park Police Department spokesman Sgt Michael Casey has identified the […]

The Asbury Park Fire Department responded to a 9:30 p.m. Wednesday report of a distressed swimmer off the Fifth Avenue beach, department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr. said. And while responders arrived within minutes of the call, they could not immediately find a victim, he said. Having confirmed that a victim did enter the ocean, the […]

A distressed swimmer was safely rescued by two fire department assigned rescue swimmers, Asbury Park Fire Department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr said. The dispatch call, which came in at 3:05 p.m., reported that three swimmers were in distress on the Second Avenue beach in front of The Stone Pony, Giberson said. Firefighters Ryan Matthews and […]

No injuries were reported in a Wednesday afternoon blaze that broke out in the bedroom of a home on Prospect Avenue, fire department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr said. When firefighters responded to the estimated 4:25 p.m. call, they found heavy smoke conditions emitting from the single family home, Giberson said. The fire was contained and […]

The Asbury Park Fire Department is back on the scene of a blaze that broke out Saturday evening in two vacant buildings along Springwood Avenue and Memorial Drive, department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr said. “Firefighters are on the scene now for areas that have rekindled,” Giberson said. “There were no injuries.” The fires occurred near […]

Members of the Asbury Park Fire Department are battling a blaze burning at two building on Memorial Drive south of Springwood Avenue, department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr. confirmed. The fire call came in near 7:02 p.m. and there is no word yet as to any injuries or how the blaze started. ——————————————————- Follow the Asbury […]