A Monmouth County Superior Court Judge increased the bail provisions Monday for a 21-year-old city man arrested for the shooting death of 20-year-old Tyrell Howard due to his status as being on parole, according to county officials. Judge Honora O’Brien Kilgallen increased Bryan Burford’s [shown at right] bail provisions from $1 million with no 10 […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education is down a member. Joseph Raines, Jr. [shown at right] submitted a letter of resignation to Board President Angela Ahbez-Anderson and Board Secretary Geoffrey Hastings effective Sept. 26., citing “personal health reasons,” for his departure, according to Chanta L. Jackson, communications coordinator for the district. The contents of Raines’ letter is as […]

Asbury Park Police responded to a call just after 3 a.m. Friday that reported multiple shots had been fired near the intersection of Monroe and Ridge avenues, according Charles Webster, public information officer for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. There are no reports of injuries or suspects at this time and it is not known […]

Restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach’s business ventures within Asbury Park’s Second Avenue Pavilion are finally all back in business. The re-opening of Pop’s Garage, an authentic Mexican restaurant with an American restaurant feel, completes the rebuilding efforts undertaken after the pavilion suffered a hard hit from Hurricane Sandy. Schlossbach and her partners now own and operate the majority […]

This month, the Asbury Park Fire Department [APDF] isn’t just fighting fires. In recognition of October’s status as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the APFD has joined the fight against breast cancer. For the entire month, members of the department will don pink T-shirts with the department logo on them. The shirts are available for purchase, and all […]

City Engineer Joe Cunha is scheduled to meet with members of Cablevision next week to discuss Wi-Fi near the waterfront, and City Manager Terence Reidy has asked Cunha to “expand that conversation to include the entire city,” Reidy said. The city engineer’s office and the police department are currently pricing out a cloud, which would beam […]

In light of the recent boardwalk fire in Seaside Park, representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency along with City Engineer Joe Cunha presented a new method for the city council to consider for the second phase of boardwalk reconstruction. It would be the first boardwalk nationwide to reconstruct with the new technique, according to […]

Forget about brains, the hoard of zombies headed to Asbury Park this weekend are in search of one thing — a Guinness World Record. On Saturday, Oct. 5, zombie enthusiasts will gather on the Asbury Park beach to be counted by an official Guinness World Record adjudicator before they shuffle down the boardwalk and invade the […]

America’s oldest national nonprofit conservation organization kicked off the ground work for their “Community ReLeaf” program in Asbury Park Saturday, planting two scores worth of trees on the west side of town. Residents and members of the city’s Environmental and Shade Tree Commission [ESTC], along with representatives from American Forests, the New Jersey Tree Foundation[NJTF], […]

An Asbury Park resident has been accused of fatally stabbing a Neptune man. At 3:59 a.m. Sunday Asbury Park Police received an emergency call alerting them an individual had been stabbed and was laying in the street, according to Charles Webster, public information officer for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Police responded and found 24-year-old […]