City Manager John “Jack” Kelly and Asbury Park Police Chief Mark Kinmon are scheduled to meet Thursday with the owners of one of the city’s most popular restaurants to discuss several quality of life issues that crop up when the restaurant morphs into a late night dance club on the weekends. The meeting stems from [...]

Waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial has reversed its decision not to appear for a second time at the city’s Technical Review Committee [TRC] to review plans for a development of townhomes in the southwest waterfront area. The proposed project — called “South Grand” — includes three row-like structures consisting of nine units each built along the [...]

Public frustration with violence continues in the City of Asbury Park in the wake of the city’s first fatal shooting of the year and a large fight on the West Side that residents claim resulted in acts of police brutality, Several city residents spoke at the Wednesday Asbury Park City Council about police conduct during a [...]

Instead of working with a private lender, the city has approval to use Monmouth County as a lender for the city’s tax anticipation notes, according to Richard Gartz, the city’s chief municipal finance officer. The deal through the county allows the city to save a little over half of a percent interest on each note, [...]

Asbury Park’s first free mini lending library is officially open for business. City resident Anita Weiner unveiled the Little Free Library located outside of the Springwood Avenue Center Wednesday morning. “This is just the first of four Little Free Libraries that will be placed in the city and it is with great thanks to all [...]

The Asbury Park Planning Board on Monday granted preliminary approval to build a six-unit condominium development on Lake Avenue without the need to provide commercial space on the ground floor. The four-story brick and aluminum facade building is located within the city’s Central Business District [CBD] redevelopment zone. In lieu of the 35 percent ground-floor [...]

When downtown Cookman Avenue’s Twisted Tree Cafe opens their doors for business on Wednesday, customers will see two new faces behind the counter. Owners Steve and Naomi Pagidas have sold the location to former Bond Street Bar manager Rachel Lucisano [shown above, at right] and her partner Jason Stumpf [at left]. Over the next four weeks, [...]

An established Bradley Beach tattoo shop is making a move to Asbury Park. Electric Tattoo owners Mike Schweigert [shown above], Tom Yak and Robert Ryan have signed a 5-year lease at 605 Lake Avenue and already have zoning approval from the city to operate at the location. Demolition is underway at the site and a mid-summer [...]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the [...]

After months of working to secure funds to purchase official Little Free Libraries, locations for them to be placed in the city, and books to fill them, city resident Anita Weiner is set to reveal the first Little Free Library at the corner of Springwood and Atkins avenue during an unveiling ceremony beginning at 11 [...]