Between September 2 and 8, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: SEPT 2 • A 35-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with harassment in the 1300 block of Third Avenue. SEPT 3 • A 51-year-old male from Neptune Township was arrested and charged with shoplifting at the intersection of Ocean and […]

Cowerks shared meeting space will host two business marketing-oriented workshops in September and October, according to a company news release. The workshops are: Grow Your Business Online: An Interactive Course on SEO (Search Engine Optimization), a four-week course, and Successful Email Marketing with MailChimp, a two-week course. Grow Your Business Online: An Interactive Course on Search Engine Optimization […]

Asbury Park City Council candidates from the Asbury Together ticket will host a kickoff party at words! bookstore on Friday, Sept. 12 from 6 to 8 p.m., according to a campaign release. Members of the Asbury Park community are invited to meet the Asbury Together candidates [shown above, from left to right], John Moor, Amy Quinn, Jesse […]

On Thursday, Sept. 18, New Jersey Natural Gas [NJNG] will host one of its annual Energy Assistance Days in Asbury Park, according to a news release from New Jersey Resources. The event will be held in the municipal complex at One Municipal Plaza from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Representatives from NJNG and state-designated agencies […]

Students at Bradley Elementary School walked in for their first day of school Thursday to see faculty and staff dressed in athletic clothes and shouting this year’s school theme “One Team, One Goal.” The theme expresses the school administration’s vision to work together with faculty, staff and parents to ensure students’ success, according to school […]

For one more weekend swimmers can take advantage of at least two Asbury Park beaches lifeguards will be on duty — without having to pay for beach access. On Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7, at least 12 lifeguards will be on patrol unless it rains, according to Garrett Giberson, Sr., Asbury Park’s beach utility […]

Asbury Park homeowners will host a citywide yard sale on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Everyone signed up to host a yard sale has agreed to donate at least 10 percent of their gross sales to local animal rescues Rescue Ridge or Wag On Inn, according to sale organizer Sonja O’Brien. […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 4 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 […]

Asbury Park resident Harold Suggs, of 1011 Fifth Ave., has filed to run for mayor in the November 4 municipal elections. All five council seats are up for grabs and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly elect their mayor. Suggs has entered a bid for a city council […]

Local restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach has filed run for a seat on the Asbury Park City Council in the November elections. All five council seats are up for grabs in the November 4 election and it will be the first time in the city’s history voters will directly elect their mayor. “United Community for Asbury” is […]