The Asbury Park Board of Education voted to appoint Gregory Allen to the top position in the district, this time in an interim role. Board member Christian Hall made a motion to appoint Allen as the district’s interim superintendent, board member Felicia Simmons seconded the motion. The vote passed 5-2. Board President Geneva Smallwood, Vice-President [...]

Asbury Park’s custom jeans and vintage apparel shop Sweet Joey’s was selected as the first video in the “Made in Asbury Park” series to be released on YouTube. The series is produced by Asbury Park Waterfront, master waterfront redeveloper iStar Residential’s marketing initiative, as a means to celebrate thriving Asbury Park businesses. Eight videos will [...]

An art show and fundraiser at Hotel Tides on August 3 will showcase pieces created by Center clients during a 13-week creativity workshop. The workshop, meant to foster self-awareness and a sense of well-being, utilized art as a segue to more open verbal communication. Local artist Steven Brunner organized the workshop and led the group [...]

The Asbury Park Zoning Board of Adjustment granted unanimous approval to two West Side residential development projects that will not only begin to reshape a major West Side thoroughfare, but aim to be the first buildings in the county to achieve gold standard Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design [LEED] certification. The two buildings, named 201 [...]

Waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial will not submit a letter in support of the city’s attempt to secure a state Green Acres grant to preserve an area of the northern beachfront, leaving the city with little chance of obtaining the funds, according to preservation proponents. The move drew a sharp rebuke from Councilwoman Amy Quinn, who [...]

A 24-year old was robbed Monday after he stopped to give two men a few spare dollars. While walking home from the beach at approximately 10:20 a.m., a resident was approached by two men near the corner of First and Grand avenues, one of whom asked the resident for two dollars, Asbury Park police Deputy [...]

Master waterfront redeveloper iStar Residential has placed surfboards as markers on all the sites they are slated to build on as proof of their committed to the redevelopment of Asbury Park’s waterfront. The surfboards were placed Friday and can be seen at sites along Cookman Avenue, Kingsley Street and Ocean Avenue among other locations. One [...]

A second-alarm structure fire in a multi-family dwelling in Asbury Park left one adult and three children without a home Tuesday morning. Asbury Park firefighters responded to a fire in the second floor apartment at 510 Sixth Avenue at 10:17 a.m., according to Fire Marshall Garrett Giberson. The fire originated in a second floor unit of [...]

With packed beaches, John Eddie’s return to the Stone Pony with his Dirty Ole Band, and a Fourth of July fireworks display that was rescheduled, parking along the Asbury Park waterfront was scarce most of the day Saturday. By 6 p.m. the beaches were cleared so Garden State Fireworks could complete setup for the display, [...]

An Asbury Park police officer witnessed a man fire a handgun on Langford Street shortly after midnight Saturday but police have since been unable to locate the man or any evidence from the scene. Patrolman Darryl Whitley saw a man fire shots from a handgun in the 100 block of Langford Street and flee north [...]