There is only one week left to enroll preschool-aged children in a free head start program offered by a learning center located in the city. Acelero Learning centers in Monmouth and Middlesex counties run a 12-month head start preschool program in Asbury Park, NJ at no cost to city residents, according to a news release […]

A 5-foot long sea turtle that washed ashore was finally given an unmarked grave on the Second Avenue beach Monday. Don McLain, equipment operator for the city’s Department of Public Works [DPW], said the dead animal was lodged in between the rocks that form the jetty separating the First and Second avenue beaches in the […]

The Deal Lake Commission and Friends of Deal Lake are looking for additional help to clean Deal and Sunset lakes on Saturday, Oct. 26. Volunteers are asked to meet at the Asbury Park boat ramp, on Seventh Avenue across from the 7-11 store at  9 a.m. Anyone who can not make it to the boat […]

A federal grant that covers the majority of the cost to repair damages to the Asbury Park boardwalk caused by Hurricane Sandy has been approved, according to a news release issued Wednesday from Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s office. The city will receive $3,649,907 from FEMA, which will cover 90 percent of the project’s total cost. An […]

The following “Meet the Candidates” series continues to spotlight individual residents who seek a seat on the Asbury Park Board of Education. There are three three-year terms and two one-year terms up for contest on the Nov. 5 ballot, making a majority of the seats on the nine member board available. A total of nine candidates […]

Four bars may be one too many for a local entrepreneur. With a multi-phase project in the works on Main Street, a new bar and restaurant in the final stages on the waterfront and the recent acquisition of the landmark Cameo Bar, restaurateur John McGillion, owner of popular Main Street tavern Johnny Mac’s House of […]

An Austrio-Hungarian themed beer garden is yet another step closer to being realized in Asbury Park. Attorney Andrew Karas, Paramus, guided several members of the team proposing the two-story beer garden at 527 Lake Ave. through descriptions of the look, lighting, landscaping, type of food to be served, music and overall atmosphere of the restaurant […]

Asbury Park resident Malik A. Briggs, 25, was arrested Friday and charged with shooting a 28-year-old Neptune man outside of 1514 Monroe Ave. in Neptune Township in September, according to a prepared release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office [MCPO]. Neptune Township Police received a call man on Sept. 2, reporting a man had been shot […]

A city man was who had a previous conviction preventing him from possessing any weapons was convicted Wednesday on possession charges, according to a prepared release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. After a two-week long trial, a Monmouth County jury found Radavine Allah, also known as Robert Brown, 35, of Monroe Avenue, guilty of […]

Among the first to do so in New Jersey, three same sex couples were married just after midnight Monday morning on the steps of the Paramount Theater on the Asbury Park boardwalk. The couples were Asbury Councilwoman Amy Quinn and Heather Jensen and Steven Brunner and Daniel Baum, as well as Aberdeen couple Karen Nicholson-McFadden […]