A two hour meeting held this past week allowed public input on the current Master Plan Reexamination Report being formulated by the city. The report is the first step in updating the existing plan, in pace since 2006. Councilwoman Eileen Chapman opened the meeting by saying “We’d like to have everyone’s input, everyone’s thoughts and […]

Hundreds of postcards, some with personal messages, were posted at noon Saturday on the doors leading into iStar’s local office on Ocean Avenue. The message – Save Asbury Park’s north end beach from development. iStar, as the city’s waterfront redeveloper, owns the development rights for much of the waterfront redevelopment area and has proposed constructing […]

Among those behind the Annual Asbury Park Day celebration is muralist Charles Trott. The retired educator, artist, and lifelong city resident created the signature banner for the second annual event. Trott spent years teaching art in several school districts throughout New Jersey, including Newark. He also taught art in Bermuda and was an artist in […]

Over 130 gathered Thursday at Mary’s Place by the Sea to celebrate the nonprofit’s one year anniversary in its new home. Located on Main Avenue in Ocean Grove, the new home is the result of countless fundraising initiatives and an an over 18 month custom build out period overseen by co founders Michele Gannon and […]

Sackman Enterprises has asked the Asbury Park governing body for a plan amendment to construct a four story residential building at 512 Summerfield Ave, the site of a current parking lot. “What we are proposing is a 12-unit a residential dwelling,” Project Attorney Andrew Karas said. The property sits within the Central Business District [CBD] […]

Rodney Salomon and Mychal Mills [shown in feature photo] set out with one goal in mind – to help the area’s youth make better choices during times of stress. The Monmouth University graduates, who had separately embraced a holistic lifestyle, came together to form Konscious Youth Development and Service [KYDS]. They began a few years back with […]

In celebrating Exhibit No. 9’s fourth anniversary, the collaborative husband and wife team behind the gallery will debut It’s A Shore Thing on Saturday. “We sincerely thank all of our patrons and clients for four wonderful and successful years,” Lois and Tom White [shown in feature photo] wrote in a joint statement. “It’s a joy […]

A few local musicians making a their mark in the Asbury Park music scene will make their debut on The Stone Pony stage Thursday night. Organized by Joe Henderson of The Burns [at right], the Summer Swelter Kick Off Party will also feature Modern Crowds, Avery and the Man Devils, We’re Ghosts Now, and The […]

A Neptune City woman was arrested Tuesday evening after police found her in Asbury Park. Christine Howland, 44, was charged with shoplifting, being a defiant trespasser, and possession of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia. Officials said Det Michael Legg and Sgt Greg Tongring located Howland, who was the accused in a previous shoplifting investigation, near […]

Asbury Park Day returns Saturday at various locations across the the 1.4 mile community and organizers have themed it as a day to ‘Keep The Conversation Going’ from the West to the East side. Although recently named the coolest small town in the nation by Budget Travel and the Jersey Shore’s hippest town by The […]