The Asbury Park Police Department [APPD] welcomed six new members Tuesday to its Citizens On Patrol [COP] branch at a small graduation ceremony held in the Senior Citizen Center on Springwood Avenue. COP is an all-volunteer division of the police department. Its members patrol the streets to increase police presence several times a week to […]

Ocean Township gets the featured spotlight in this Sunday’s New York Times real estate section which goes in depth every week on a town in the New York metropolitan area. The article was posted today on the paper’s website. Written by Times writer Jill P. Capuzzo, the article describes the various characteristics of the township, […]

Atlantic City has officially acquired the Garden State Film Festival [GSFF] for at least the next three years. The city’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority [CDRA] voted Tuesday at their monthly meeting to provide financial assistance in the amount of $300,000 to the film festival over the next three years, according to Diane Raver, the festival’s […]

Asbury Park youth who will begin fifth grade this year are invited to attend a free, week long summer music camp. The Jazz Arts Project, a nonprofit organization, will run their 2013 Asbury Park Summer Music Camp for beginning instrumental music students at the Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County starting Aug. 26. Initiated […]

Several signs to alert would-be criminals of a local neighborhood watch network are in place throughout Asbury Park, and more will be added as the group continues to figure out their organization’s arrangement. Members of the Asbury Park Police Department  and local citizens that wish to form a watch network met again on Thursday to […]

As the end of summer approaches, those who have occupied seasonal homes in the Asbury Park area and find themselves left with a pantry stocked full of food are invited to donate the items to a good cause. National nonprofit Move For Hunger will host its fifth annual Surfside Food Drive and Concert Series to […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education is still in the search to fill two seats vacant since June when two members resigned, and the last day to apply is next week. The initial deadline of July 17 was extended to Aug. 21 “to allow potential applicants more time to submit letters of interest,” Chanta L. […]

Adults and kids of all ages — along with their canine companions — are invited to this year’s Asbury Park Oysterfest, which has switched locations yet again. This year, the annual three-day seafood festival will be held in the lot just outside of the Carousel building between Asbury Avenue and Wesley Lake [photo above]. It kicks off […]

An Asbury-based non-profit organization seeks to bridge a perceived disconnect between local student athletes’ athletic prowess and their failure to shift that talent past the high school level. The Sportz Farm Foundation‘s mission is to “produce professionals on and off the field,” said Diteko “Tiko” Hammary, the organization’s founder and director. Currently, Hammary and other […]

Broken traffic signals at one of the city’s busiest intersections will soon be repaired, with the work expected to begin by Aug.19. The lights at the three-way intersection of Kingsley Street and Cookman and Asbury avenues have been broken since Hurricane Sandy hit in October. Councilwoman Amy Quinn, who initiated the discussion about the signals […]