Three of the 91-member Asbury Park Police Department’s veteran officers were promoted Thursday morning before an audience of close to 70 friends, family members, and colleagues. The ceremony was led by Acting Police Chief Anthony Salerno, who said crime in the city is down 30 percent over last year.  The crime rate had dropped 21.6 […]

Asbury Park has Mother Nature on its radar, Economic Development Director Tom Gilmour said. And although no call has been made to cancel this weekend’s Zombie Walk or city-wide Yard Sale, rain dates have been set as a precaution, Gilmour said. A final determination is expected Thursday afternoon. City residents are asked to sign up […]

World renowned author Mary Higgins Clark will join in celebrating seventh-grader Jasmine Bostic’s first published novel during the annual Mercy Center’s Sisters Academy of New Jersey ‘Circle of Mercy Breakfast.’ While Higgins Clark has penned well over 50 suspense novels, this is the middle school student’s first work, written this past fall as part of […]

Below is the Allenhurst Police Department crime report from August 16 through September 19. AUG 16 • A 30-year-old Brooklyn woman was charged with driving with a suspended driver’s license, after she was stopped for a vehicle equipment violation. A 60-year-old West Allenhurst man also was charged with assault and resisting arrest after involving himself […]

The former home of American author and journalist Stephen Crane is now the property of the Asbury Park Historical Society. “For the first time in the society’s 14-year history we now have our own home and a headquarters from which to operate,” Society President Don Stine said. The house was sold free-of-charge to the Historical […]

The Monmouth County Clerk has launched a new voter education website aimed at assisting voters. The website, www.MonmouthCountyVotes.com, was designed in collaboration with the Elections’ Board and the Monmouth County Superintendent of Elections. “We are very excited to provide this website to Monmouth County voters to assist them with all of their election needs and […]

The Asbury Park Fire Department has issued a Heavy rain and Wind advisory for the weekend. Tropical Storm Joaquin is being watched closely, Office of Emergency Management Coordinator Garrett Giberson said. “In preparation of this weekend’s storm the City is lowering the lakes and clearing debris from storm drains in trouble areas,” Giberson said. “Please […]

In a Facebook Post for the popular vintage bowling alley and music venue organizers announced they will shutter earlier than planned. “Our renovation schedule for the Lanes got moved up to October 5th, so, we don’t want anyone to have to risk life and limb to come to a construction site to see a show,” […]

Asbury Park Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn and wife Heather Jensen welcomed their son Jensen Howard Quinn into world Sunday morning. “Hard core from day 1!” Jensen wrote in a Facebook post. “Just kidding, he was yawning.” Quinn said Sunday evening the labor took over 25 hours and baby Jensen entered the world at 12:35 a.m. […]

Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] Commissioner Bob Martin announced a $1.66 million contract to remove sand pushed by Superstorm Sandy into Deal Lake has been awarded to Tri-State Dredging of Philadelphia. The project, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service [NRCS], will dredge 12,000 cubic yards of material. The […]