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Metropolitan Hotel to be Demolished

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

By DON STINE

The historic Metropolitan Hotel on Asbury Avenue in Asbury Park will be demolished sometime within the next three weeks after the building was recently determined to be a hazard and in danger of collapse. The city received a report from Anthony Gianforcaro, a Chester-based engineer and architect, stating [...]

The B Plot

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

My Oprah Asbury Park beach ah-ha moment

By RICHARD VIRGILIO

My friend Gary, who has lived here his entire life, tells me once a Benny, always a Benny. Because I moved here just three years ago, I will always be a Benny in his eyes. The Saturday evening of Labor Day weekend I had a [...]

2 Asbury Park Men Charged In Shooting Death

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Police believe suspects have gang affiliations

By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
Asbury Park police and the Monmouth County Prosecutors Office arrested two city men in connection with the shooting death of Charlton Mack on Aug. 24.
Kysheem A. Redding, a/k/a B.I. 22, of First Avenue was charged with one count of murder for his participation in the shooting of [...]