The Asbury Park Fire Department has issued a mandatory evacuation for all residents living in flood-prone areas, according to its official website. The evacuation, issued at 9 p.m., calls for evacuation of residents living near bodies of water; all residents living between Ocean and Grand avenues; and residents living along the Springwood Avenue corridor, including […]

Hurricane Sandy has been moving northward through the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to hit land somewhere on the Jersey Shore just before midnight tomorrow night, National Weather Service meteorologist Mark DeLisi said at 5:15 p.m. today. The storm’s pattern “differs from every storm that I can ever remember, in that it’s going to be […]

City residents living east of Grand Avenue and in lower-lying areas around lakes are being urged to evacuate, although the evacuation has not yet been made mandatory, city fire and EMS chief Kevin Keddy said at 4:30 p.m. today. “I want to stress that this is going to be a bad storm,” Keddy said. “There’s […]

Asbury Park’s schools will be closed on Monday, Oct. 29, due to the impending hurricane, officials announced today. A special board of education meeting originally set for Monday night has been rescheduled for Friday, Nov. 2, at Bradley Elementary School at 7 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the superintendent’s contract. The […]

Hurricane Sandy is on its way to the northeast and forecasted to bring flooding and high winds to the Asbury Park area on Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service [NWS]. Valerie Meola, a meteorologist with NWS, said the region will start to see impact from the storm on Sunday, or even as […]