Unsung heroes of throughout Monmouth County were honored Friday during the 32nd annual Wilbur Ray Scholarship Dinner, held at the Sheraton Eatontown hotel. The Brookdale Community College distinguish is given to professionals, community leaders, volunteers and activists for their often selfless and unheralded work. Named in honor of the late Wilbur Ray [at right], former […]

Three Asbury Park community leaders are among those being honored next month at Brookdale Community College’s 32nd Annual Wilbur Ray Awards Dinner. Asbury Park School District Superintendent Lamont Repollet, Konscious Youth Development Service [KYDS] founder Mychal Mills, and Sportz Farm founder Diteko Hammary are among the nine Monmouth County community leaders and volunteers being recognized. […]

Paul Merker and Theresa Richards sat down just after noon on Wednesday for their Thanksgiving meal. On the menu were mash potatoes, cornbread, sautéed string beans with shallots, cornbread stuffing, candied yams, and of course the roasted turkey and gravy. The city residents, who are currently homeless, say the found about the At the Table’s […]

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 […]

Community leader Brother John Muhammad today called a press conference outside the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office to talk about voter suppression and intimidation in the city. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office [MCPO] is currently investigating the city council election voting process after Stephania Warren, the campaign manager for the AP Out Front election ticket, wrote […]

A political action committee [PAC] with ties to the A-Team city council candidates has failed to disclose how it obtained $7,000 in a report filed with the state Election Law Enforcement Commission [ELEC]. The PAC, Citizens for Change, filed its first quarterly receipts and expenditures report on April 15. The report states that from Jan. […]