Asbury Park News

With city educators, students and parents getting high compliments for a successful change to school uniforms for preschool-through-eighth-grade students, the Board of Education Tuesday night took the final step to bring high school students into the fold as well.

ASBURY PARK - It's official: The historic Bangs Avenue School will be renamed the Barack Obama Elementary School.

The 21st commemoration of World AIDS Day is Tuesday, and The Center in Asbury Park has announced this year's candlelight walk will begin at 6:30 p.m. at The Center at 806 Third Ave.

The city is partnering with the Asbury Park Housing Authority to move a 4-year-old city job-training and employment program criticized by Mayor Ed Johnson to a new home at a community development corporation the authority has created.

United Water Toms River filed for rate relief today with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, which could potentially increase the typical residential customer's bill by approximately $13.13 per month or 44 cents per day.

Authorities say a Jersey shore fire chief jumped off a bridge into a river after he crashed his vehicle.

The city has completed a feasibility study for the creation of a shuttle service to connect the train station, beachfront and the Broadway commercial corridor, as part of its nearly completed master plan review.

Amid a tumultuous year spent weathering both national economic meltdown and a cityscape in a seemingly constant state of flux, Asbury Park's music community has continued to thrive, growing upward, outward and ever closer to its rightful place in rock 'n' roll's history books.

The Coast Guard rescued eight people Saturday after the 30-foot boat they were aboard was taking on water near Asbury Park.

A New Jersey veterinarian has pleaded guilty to failing to properly care for a parrot that was kept as an office pet and died when temperatures fell.

Six new police officers have been sworn in, with five of those positions being funded by federal stimulus money channeled through the Community Oriented Policing Services program.

An Asbury Park man pleaded guilty in Superior Court today to an amended charge of aggravated manslaughter, admitting to fatally shooting Justin Johnson, 19, of Asbury Park Village in 2007.

The Jersey Shore Rescue Mission will hold its annual coat give-a-way from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the corner of Memorial Drive and Sewall Avenue.

The Asbury Park-Ministerial Alliance and Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church will hold a Pre-World AIDS Day Gospel Jazz Extravaganza featuring the Dorian Parreott Ensemble from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov.

A state appeals court Tuesday sent the Springwood Avenue development lawsuit back to Superior Court, saying Judge Lawrence M. Lawson erred in 2007 when he dismissed a developer's claims against the city in a summary judgment.

A 25-year-old man was arrested this weekend for allegedly stabbing a partygoer at a house where he had been just kicked out, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press.

It's a touching moment, increasingly familiar to fans watching the E Street Band make its entrance: As the audience howls in anticipation and the rest of the band stands at the ready, Bruce Springsteen gently and lovingly helps Clarence Clemons walk to his saxophone at the front of the stage.

Quite the way to end a tour, with the beginning. It was announced Sunday that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform for the first time, the entire "Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J." album at their final show in Buffalo on Sunday, Nov.

A grease fire that started in an eatery and spread through duct work caused damage to the interior and roof of Jersey Shore University Medical Center on Route 33 Saturday evening, an official said.

After much debate, which included heckling and catcalls from some Borough Council members as well as the public, a "pay-to-play" ordinance was introduced Thursday night at a council meeting.