Asbury Park kicked off its Street Smart NJ pedestrian safety campaign Wednesday at its municipal owned Transportation Center located at the corner of Main Street and Springwood Avenue. The initiative is in direct response to high pedestrian involved motor vehicle crashes across the state. “This campaign is important to Asbury Park because we are a walkable, […]

Feeling more like a family home than a resource facility, the Oceans Family Success Center has opened at 1201 Springwood Avenue. With a focus on family/parenting programs, youth initiatives, and general resource for the community as a whole, the new center is made possible through Hunterdon Prevention Resources and NJ Division of Family and Community […]

A personal dream was fully realized Thursday morning when Matthew Brown became the newest member of the Asbury Park Police Department. The 24-year-old Neptune City native, said he set the personal goal during high school. “My uncle was a police officer and he was a [U.S.] Marine vet,” he said. “I looked up to him […]

Voters interested in learning more about county and state candidates vying for seats in the upcoming Nov 8 election will have at least three opportunities to do. The Monmouth County Democrats Black American Caucus will host a Candidates’ Forum 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Augustine’s Church, located at 155 Prospect Ave. U.S. Rep Frank Pallone […]

The inaugural Grown in Monmouth Culinary Competition was held Monday at the Culinary Education Center of Monmouth County on Drury Lane in Asbury Park. The center is a collaboration between Brookdale Community College and the Monmouth County Vocational School District. The contest, a part of the Monmouth County Freeholder’s Grown in Monmouth program initiated earlier […]

The Friends of Deal Lake [FoDL] has moved its ‘Save Deal Lake’ campaign to the public’s fingertips. Through a partnership with the report it® App anyone with a smartphone or tablet can immediately report any threat to the County’s largest water body, which covers 27 miles of shoreline, FoDL’s Jerry Maurer said. “Deal Lake is […]

With white hardhats lined across their table, Asbury Park School District officials gathered for a formal announcement of their partnership with Brookdale Community College and members of The Jules L. Plangere Jr. Family Foundation to offer qualifying Asbury Park High School students the opportunity to earn 64 credits during their junior and senior years. [At […]

Work to replace the bridge along Main Street that connects Loch Arbour and Interlaken will restart Monday, Monmouth County officials have announced. Traffic along the bridge over Deal Lake will cease at 7 a.m. and remain restricted until May 2016. “Utility relocations were performed before Memorial Day 2015, but work was halted during the summer […]