Chris Viola, founder/CDO at Cul+ure Collective, announced Monday that a new cocktail lounge – Laylow will open Thursday at 603 Mattison Avenue. The collective also owns and operates REYLA and Barrio Costero. Characterized as a social cocktail lounge that ‘promotes community through creativity, culture, quality cocktails, and hugs, lots of free hugs,’ the new offering […]

The 10th Annual Garden State Equality Walk Weekend, held Oct. 11-14, not only expanded to four cities this year, it exceeded its $100,000 goal, organizers said in a written statement. “In our tenth year hosting the Equality Walk, the passion New Jerseyans have for LGBTQ equality shows no signs of slowing down,” said Executive Director […]

Innovation is applied to a campaign being launched by the Friends of Wesley Lake on Saturday. The group’s annual fall cleanup will feature a Hold On To Your Butt campaign, aimed at educating cigarette smokers on the harms of throwing the most littered item in the world on city streets. “Our focus is always on […]

Two weeks after over 35,000 gathered along the waterfront in Asbury Park for the Second Annual Sea.Hear.Now festival, organizers have solidified a 2020 date. The sold-out music, surf and art celebration will return Sept 19 and 20, organizers have announced. Held this year on Sept 21 and 22, the weather and surf proved accommodating for […]

The popular downtown Asbury Park French eatery Pascal & Sabine were host to a couple of unique patrons Saturday. “A young man named Pascal drove two hours with his girlfriend, Sabine, to dine with us. He proposed and she said yes! Cheers to our real-life Pascal & Sabine,” read the Monday Instagram post.  A spokeswoman […]

The first penthouse at the Asbury Ocean Club Surfside resorts and residences is closing with a record sale at $5 million, believed to be the highest sale for a residential unit in Asbury Park, according to a news release issued by waterfront redeveloper iStar. With 4,100 square feet of indoor space and 2,200 square feet […]

COASTAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PARTNERSHIP A new partnership with Coastal Habitat for Humanity [1105 Memorial Dr] and the City’s Community Development Department will mean qualified Asbury Park homeowners can receive home repairs to address health and safety concerns at no charge. The program, funded by the Community Development Block Grant [CDBG], will support Coastal Habitat […]

Sen Vin Gopal joined city officials, Sustainable Jersey and Clean Cities Coalition members at Thursday’s electric car charging station launch. “All over the state people are talking about Asbury Park and it’s because of things like this, the leadership and from the city employees,” Gopal said. “This is extraordinary. It will be a great model […]

Sea.Hear.Now returns to Asbury Park, NJ, for a two-day festival and a sold-out crowd of 35,000 a day. The festival will transform North Beach of Asbury Park- Bradley Park-Atlantic Park into a cultural hub celebrating music, art and surf culture. Sea.Hear.Now will feature more than 25 bands on three stages including Dave Matthews Band, The […]

Over 15,000 independent trips were taken during the first month of the City of Asbury Park’s pilot electric scooter share program, officials announced Thursday. The data shows scooter trips averaged 12.2 minutes with an average trip distance of 0.51 miles. “We launched the pilot program with the goal of providing an inexpensive transportation option for […]