Convention Hall is closed for the night as Meridian Health hosts a Wild West-themed event for its physicians and their guests. “It’s a thank-you for their partnership with us,” said Meridian spokesperson Robert Cavanaugh. “We had it [in Convention Hall] last year and it’s a great venue, so we wanted to bring everyone back again.” [...]

Ernesto Cullari, Asbury Park resident and triCityNews Justified Right columnist, captured the scene at the Classic Car Show last weekend on Lake Avenue in the city. The show featured a huge variety of vintage automobiles, including this 1940′s-era black Cadillac captured by Cullari in all its splendid glory. Send your Friday Foto to fridayfotoaps@gmail.com.

Incumbent Sheila Brazile and newcomer Jessie Ricks are running together for three-year seats on the Asbury Park Board of Education [BOE]. BOE elections are being held in November with the general election for the first time this year. Previously, they were held in April. Eight have declared candidacy for four spots on the nine-member board. [...]

Local restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach is set to open her very first food-free bar to the public this weekend. The bar will be called Asbury Park Yacht Club, a tongue-in-cheek nod to boating culture found in other parts of New Jersey. Schlossbach and her husband Scott divide their time between Asbury Park and Normandy Beach, and [...]

Superintendent Denise Lowe’s first four-year contract with the school district ends this December and the board of education [BOE] will soon vote on whether to keep her in her post. Lowe has been superintendent since 2009. Board members have discussed Lowe’s soon-to-expire contract in executive session, closed to the public and without Lowe in attendance, [...]

Members of the Asbury Park Fire Department extinguished a three-alarm fire at 1026 and 1028 Sewall Ave. this afternoon, according to fire chief Kevin Keddy. The department received word of the fire at around 12:30 p.m., Keddy said. It took firefighters about two and a half hours to get it under control. Flames were not [...]

The city of Asbury Park is on the way to having its own cable station thanks to city resident and volunteer John Kaplow. “In a town like this that has a wide degree of residents in terms of background, income and education, something like this is a great leveler,” Kaplow said of his motivation to [...]

A small fire at the Allenhurst Beach Club has led officials to request enforcement of an anti-smoking ordinance in the outside areas of the club. A local ordinance prohibits smoking in government-owned buildings like the Allenhurst Beach Club, but the rules have not been enforced. A small fire broke out around 9:30 p.m. in the [...]

A well-known mural in town will remain unfinished a little while longer due to a procedural misstep. Michael “Porkchop” Lavallee started the mural [pictured above], located on the corner of Bond Street and Cookman Avenue, about a year and a half ago. Lavallee didn’t apply for permission from the city’s public arts committee first, so [...]

With board of education [BOE] elections just around the corner, eight have declared candidacy for four spots on the nine-member board. Along with most other districts in the state, during the 2010-2011 school year, the BOE voted to move elections to November. Previously, the city’s BOE elections were held in April each year, separate from [...]