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 City of Asbury Park has announced a planned Jersey Central Power & Light electric outage in the downtown Tuesday. “There will be a planned interruption of electric service in order to secure a switch that’s located in our manhole,” according to the statement. The work is being done to ‘help improve electric service reliability.’ The […]

Patrol officers arrested a 21 year-old woman following a Monday night investigation into a damaged fire hydrant and roadway debris at the intersection of Spier and Ocean avenues, Allenhurst Police Chief Michael Schneider announced in a written statement. Kassie Kluin of Eatontown was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, failure to report a crash, leaving […]

The Asbury Park Police Department has issued a traffic advisory for one of the city’s main arteries. Traffic is closed along Route 71 between Third and Fifth avenues due to down power lines, officials said. According to JCP&L outage report web page close to 2,000 Monmouth County residents are without power following Wednesday night’s storm […]

JCP&L spokesman Ron Morano said service was restored by 12:17 p.m. to the businesses and homes in the downtown area affected by a power outage Monday morning. Morano said the outage happened at 10:44 a.m. and affected 329 of its customers. Asbury Park Police Department spokesman Sgt. Carmen Gagliano said the outages ran along Cookman […]

Within the coming weeks workers on behalf of Jersey Central Power & Light will start to trim tree canopies in sections of Asbury Park. Specific trees have been targeted for trimming and residents who have targeted trees in front of or on their properties have begun to be notified. Some trees within the city right-of-way […]

Jersey Central Power & Light [JCP&L] has released estimates for when power will be restored to municipalities that were affected by Hurricane Sandy last week throughout New Jersey. Many areas of the state have been without power since last Monday, including parts of Asbury Park. According to JCP&L’s timetable, 3,149 customers are currently without power […]