A fire broke out on the 1000 block of Sewall Avenue in Asbury Park Wednesday evening. Asbury Park firefighters responded to the blaze shortly after 9:30 p.m. When they arrived on the scene, a vacant house on the block was heavily engulfed in flames, said Asbury Park Fire Chief Kevin Keddy. Firefighters from Asbury Park, […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, The recent closure of the Asbury Park  Boys & Girls Club pool is another slap in the face to residents of the West Side of the city and those who actually used the facility. In a recent Sun article about the closing, Executive Director Douglas Eagles stated, “Our current club […]

Two incidents of gunfire took place Tuesday, one in Asbury Park and one in Neptune Township, according to police. A residence in the 600 block of Pine Street in Asbury Park was struck once by gunfire, according to Charles Webster, a spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Webster could not say what time the […]

Students at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Asbury Park got a demonstration from Monmouth County Sheriff’s Officer Kurt Kroeper and his narcotics detection dog Evan Tuesday. The demonstration educated students and faculty of the school on the tasks the K-9 team is responsible for. The students were split into two separate groups, an […]

A 29-year old city man allegedly stabbed another man outside of the Cascada Nighclub on Main Street early Monday morning, according to police. Manuel Tirado-Silva, Asbury Park, was allegedly involved in an altercation inside the club with a 29-year-old Hispanic male from Red Bank, said Asbury Park police Capt. Marshawn Love. Tirado-Silva was removed from […]

A new chapter was added to Asbury Park’s history books Sunday, March 9, as the Inaugural St. Patrick’s Day Parade made its way from Convention Hall through downtown Cookman Avenue. About 3000 people showed up to watch the parade, the majority of which were concentrated along downtown Cookman Avenue. “We really had no doubt in our […]

While city and county officials plan a meeting to discuss a possible joint initiative to preserve an open tract of land on the North Beach of Asbury Park, a new avenue of funding may become available which could allow the city to acquire the land itself. In the spring, $100 million in Green Acres grant funds […]

The chairman of the Asbury Park Democratic Organization, Guiseppe “Joe” Grillo, 37, has announced his candidacy for the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders. Freeholder Director Lillian G. Burry and Freeholder Deputy Director Gary J. Rich, Sr., are the Republican incumbents. The five-member Freeholder board runs the county government. Grillo will seek the county Democratic organization’s backing at […]

A city tax abatement ordinance tabled for further review after members of the public voiced opposition to it was voted into law Wednesday. Members of the Asbury Park City Council again split their votes 3-2 on the measure. Mayor Myra Campbell and Council members John Loffredo and Susan Henderson voted yes. Council members Amy Quinn and […]

The Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday on an agreement to give $150,000 to the Asbury Park Housing Authority for a project that will upgrade video camera systems within housing authority properties in the city. The vote passed 4-1. Council members Myra Campbell, Sue Henderson, John Loffredo and John Moor voted yes. Council member Amy […]