With this summer’s over $20 million Community Development Block Grant funding moving housing development forward, the city’s revitalization shifts to its west side neighborhoods. The funding supports the Renaissance Village development of 64 residential units on the vacant lots between Memorial Drive and Atkins Avenue as well as the Asbury Park Housing Authority’s Boston Way […]

Cooler temperatures inevitably make it more difficult to find sustainable, fresh, organic, and even GMO free local fruits and vegetables, most commonly offered at local outdoor farmers and makers markets. The shift for the health and environmentally conscious often shifts back to specialty markets, including area staple Dean’s Natural Food Store on Route 35 in […]

Newscaster Toni Yates will be the featured guest speaker during this year’s Third Annual Circle of Mercy fundraising breakfast to support Asbury Park’s Sisters Academy. Yates [at right], who serves as the New Jersey Reporter for ABC7 Eyewitness News, will deliver remarks during the 8:30 a.m. Oct. 7 free event at the Springwood Avenue middle […]

In the wake of the news that Jersey Shore Arts Center [JSAC] plans to opt out of renewing a lease agreement with LGBT support nonprofit QSpot, former Neptune Township Mayor Randy Bishop resigned for the art center’s Board of Directors, effective September 12, 2016, QSpot organizers announced late Thursday via a news release. The announcement […]

Tail waggers of all breeds and sizes will march in unison Saturday in support of Clean Ocean Action [COA]. The annual fundraising event is not only an opportunity for dogs to strut en masse, but helps draw awareness to the environmental nonprofit’s mission to keep ocean waters clear of pollutants. Held throughout the state, some […]

ShowRoom Cinema has joined more than 160 theaters across the globe in Saturday’s First Art House Theater Day. A part of Art House Convergence – an international consortium of independent, community-based, mission-driven movie theaters – ShowRoom will be screening “Danny Says” one week prior to its official Sept. 30 release date. The sneak peak screening […]

The Friends of Deal Lake [FoDL] has moved its ‘Save Deal Lake’ campaign to the public’s fingertips. Through a partnership with the report it® App anyone with a smartphone or tablet can immediately report any threat to the County’s largest water body, which covers 27 miles of shoreline, FoDL’s Jerry Maurer said. “Deal Lake is […]

Serving as a qualifier for the Special Olympics of New Jersey, the Fifth Annual One More sporting competition returns to Asbury Park Sunday. The event features a triathlon, duathlon and aquavelo races open to athletes of all skill levels in order to foster understanding, acceptance, and friendship, organizers said. Kicking off at 8 a.m. from […]

Two Neptune men and an Oakhurst woman were arrested Tuesday on heroin possession and other drug related charges after a motor vehicle stop and subsequent investigation yielded the confiscation of 50 bags of heroin, Ocean Township Police officials said. Detectives Michael Melody and Jesse Orbach conducted the traffic stop near 6:25 p.m. at the Towne […]

An open and honest look at the dangers and human rights violations associated with drug possession arrests and forced treatment was the center Sunday’s Annual New Jersey Celebrates Recovery at the Middletown Arts Center, Help for Handcuffs Founder Randy Thompson said. The event will be featured 8 p.m. Wednesday on NJ 12 News public station, […]