If you have an opionion you’d like to voice about the status of parking in the City by the Sea, the Asbury Park Parking Advisory Committee would like to hear it. On Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. the advisory committee will host an open public session in City Council Chambers where they will gather […]

An amendment to one of the city’s redevelopment plans that would allow a microbrewery to set up shop on Main Street got the Asbury Park City Council’s initial stamp of approval. The business, Dark City Brewing Co., has a lease signed on a roughly 3,000 square-foot space at the corner of Main Street and Second […]

From Nov. 8 through the 18, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: NOV 8 • A 22-year-old female from Brick Township was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct in the 900 block of Kingsley Avenue. • A 28-year-old female from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest at the […]

The 4,000 square foot space that once housed Ivan & Andy’s Prime steakhouse is in the midst of a transformation. New owners, brothers Bob Fahey, 38, and Chris Fahey, 40, will open the doors on their newest venture, Cross & Orange, hopefully by mid December — but they aren’t rushing it, said Bob Fahey. “We want […]

Fifteen Asbury Park sixth, seventh and eighth graders are signing on to participate in Interfaith Neighbors’ new Junior Entrepreneur Training (JET) program that will begin in February. The 15-session course will see students collaborate as they learn business-related skills that can help them with their current studies and future plans to graduate from high school […]

New York City actor and playwright Greg Oliver Bodine will return to Asbury Park to perform his critically acclaimed, one-man performance of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at a limited, one-night only engagement at Paranormal Books & Curiosities. The one-hour, one-man performance runs for one night only on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. The […]

At their Wednesday meeting, a majority of city council members voted to update an ordinance that gives preference to job applicants who have an Asbury Park address. If the ordinance passes, city residents — defined as any person whose permanent home is within city limits — would get even more priority consideration for non-uniformed classified civil service […]

Asbury Park police arrested a city resident Tuesday after they spotted him pointing a handgun at a woman near the Vita Gardens apartment complex. Officers of the Asbury Park Street Crimes unit saw Quamere Smith, 23, Asbury Park, raise a handgun and point it at a female subject who was sitting inside a parked vehicle […]

An Edgewater man who allegedly injured two Asbury Park police officers as he brandished a handgun and posed as an officer himself was indicted by a A Monmouth County grand jury Wednesday. The court returned a seven-count indictment charging Anthony Kennedy, 26, with impersonating a police officer, aggravated assault and several weapons offenses, according to court […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the […]