The Sixth Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade fundraising season kicks off Wednesday with a beach barbecue event at Anchor’s Bend, located at 1300 Ocean Avenue. Proceeds from the 6 to 9 p.m. BBQ with an Irish twist, will go toward the St. Patrick’s Day Fund, founder Garrett Giberson said. On the menu is a barbecue […]

Asbury Park Police confirmed near 5:09 p.m. Monday that Memorial Drive is open to traffic. The roadway was closed near 11 a.m. due to a gas main break along the 1000 block, Fire Department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr and Deputy Chief David Kelso said. The incident occurred during JCP&L work along the roadway between Second […]

The weather cooperated, lending to a record breaking number of attendees during Sunday’s Asbury Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Set against a landscape of bustling redevelopment along the waterfront and downtown, the parade drew a record number of participants and onlookers. “Its gets bigger every year and the weather really helped out,” event founder Garrett […]

The Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce has announced its 2018 Carousel Award honorees. The decades-old event acknowledges those in the community who have gone above and beyond in support of commerce, community and humanity, Executive Director Sylvia Sylvia-Cioffi said. Being held on May 11, this year’s boardwalk themed event will pay homage to many well-known […]

Organizers behind the Fifth Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, being held on March 11, have announced that Asbury Park Press Publisher Tom Donovan will be this year’s Grand Marshal. A Lewes, Del. native and  University of Delaware graduate, Donovan began his tenure at the Asbury park in the summer of 2007, according to a written […]

An overfilled propane tank at a Sewall Avenue construction site led to a joint response Wednesday afternoon by the Asbury Park Fire Department and the Neptune Fire and Office of Emergency Management, Asbury Park Fire Department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr said. The emergency response units were called near 1:20 p.m. by the contractor, Giberson said. […]

Can someone who has a street named after her and a nationally syndicated daytime television show, sneak into town without a crowd milling about — the answer is an unequivocal no. Wendy Williams came home Friday to tape a show on fire safety, which is due to air on Nov. 1, Asbury Park Fire Department […]

The Asbury Park Fire Department pulled a distressed swimmer to shore Wednesday afternoon, department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr. said. Firefighters, trained in water rescue, responded to a 3:11 p.m. report of two distressed swimmers in the surf off the Deal Lake Drive beach,Giberson said. Asbury Park Police Department spokesman Sgt Michael Casey has identified the […]

In preparation of Hurricane Jose’s worst, the Asbury Park Department of Public Works employees are building a protective berm along the ocean’s edge, OEM Coordinator Garrett Giberson Jr said. “We have some high surf due to the tides,” Giberson said of current conditions. “We are doing this as a precautionary measure.” The high surf is […]

The Asbury Park Fire Department responded to a 9:30 p.m. Wednesday report of a distressed swimmer off the Fifth Avenue beach, department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr. said. And while responders arrived within minutes of the call, they could not immediately find a victim, he said. Having confirmed that a victim did enter the ocean, the […]