By CHRIS CHRISTOPHER He’s known as Biggie. The moniker belongs to Davon Thompson, the Asbury Park High School football team’s star quarterback. “He’s a big play kind of a guy,” said Tim Fosque, the Blue Bishops’ first-year coach. “He makes things happen. He is clearly one of our most valuable players. The offense does […]
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A Luncheon for Outgoing City Pastor
Asbury Park’s Second Baptist Church is holding a luncheon for the Rev. William E. Coleman Jr., the outgoing interim pastor, on Sat., Dec. 12. The lunch will be noon to 4 p.m. at Jumping Brook Country Club in Neptune. Tickets are $45 each and available through the church office, telephone 732-774-5347, or through church […]
Continue readingCrane House to Screen Comedy
Two men on a raft…a pair of devoted friends, though you’d never know it from the way they bicker, banter and brouhaha their way from the 19th century beach at Asbury Park, to the middle of the Atlantic, and places that are far afield of both their expectations and their left-behind street clothes. A […]
Continue readingAsbury Park Team Members Attend Anti-Gang Workshop
By CHRIS CHRISTOPHER It has been a season of positive numbers for the Asbury Park High School football team. The Blue Bishops won six of their first seven games, losing only to Point Pleasant Beach in overtime in the regular-season opener both teams and erasing the scars left by last year’s 2-8 record. And, […]
Continue readingNo Sitting Down for Asbury Park Basketball Coach
By CHRIS CRISTOPHER Keith Coleman, a former Neptune High School boys basketball player, was named the head boys coach at Asbury Park High School for the 2015-16 season by the Board of Education. “I want to thank the Asbury Park Board of Education and the community for giving me the opportunity to be the […]
Continue readingCity Chamber, Pride in the Park Unite for Decorating Contest
By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI Asbury Park residents will have the opportunity to show their creative side in a holiday decorating contest sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the Pride in the Park committee. Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton announced the contest at the Nov. 9 City Council meeting, saying there are several levels of competition, […]
Continue readingVendor Fees, Contracts Discussed at Asbury Park City Council Meeting
By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI Changes will be coming for those business owners who want to do business in the city. The City Council discussed vendor fees, both seasonal and annual at it’s meeting Mon., Nov. 9. Regarding the seasonal vendors, Mayor John Moor suggested authorizing a minimum bid and collecting one year’s payment in […]
Continue readingProvisional Ballots Change Election in Asbury Park
By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI The results of last week’s Asbury Park Board of Education elections have changed due to the counting of 53 provisional ballots. The results listed on the Monmouth County website show that incumbent Barbara Lesinski, with a total of 651 has now lost her seat to Sheila Etienne whose vote count […]
Continue readingVote for Asbury Park to Bring Free Concert Series to City
The Asbury Park Music Foundation is now in the running to bring a 10-week live music series to the West Side Community of Asbury Park during the summer of 2016. Sponsored by Levitt Pavilions, the national nonprofit behind the largest free concert series in America, the APMF hopes to qualify as one of the […]
Continue readingBusiness Owners Ask for Delay in Director of Commerce Vote
By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI Despite the efforts of numerous business owners and residents who publicly praised the job Tom Gilmour has done as Director of Commerce for the last 10 years the Asbury Park, the City Council voted 4 to 1 to introduce an ordinance eliminating the $85,000 position. Public hearing on the ordinance […]
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