A city man was arrested late Sunday night when police found a firearm in his car, Police Chief Mark Kinmon said. At about 11 p.m., three police officers — Khamil Warraich, Kevin Michael and Greg Parisi — were on foot patrol in the Vita Gardens [pictured above] and Stephen Manor housing complexes, Kinmon said. The […]

Two men were injured in the Vita Gardens housing complex early Monday morning, Police Chief Mark Kinmon has said. Just before 1 a.m., a 21-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen and a 22-year-old man was shot in the arm, Kinmon said. Both are from Asbury Park. Neither sustained life-threatening injuries. The men drove themselves […]

The Stephen Manor and Vita Garden housing complexes are receiving $7 million of improvements after being purchased by Vitus Group of New York. And thanks to some local employers, some of the improvements are being done by local young men seeking to turn their lives around. The large-scale project is being handled by Ellisdale Construction, […]

Developers of a $7 million renovation project at the Stephen Manor and Vita Gardens housing developments are seeking more local contractors to fill jobs on site after receiving complaints that they weren’t hiring enough area workers. The Vitus Group of Manhattan recently bought both complexes and is rehabilitating them. In June, Vitus Group’s Scott Langan […]