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 […]

Asbury Park Police Department held a promotion ceremony Monday at the historic Paramount Theatre, located on the Asbury Park boardwalk.  Chief David Kelso led the ceremony, with Deputy City Clerk Melody Hartsgrove administering the official oath of office.  Promotions for veteran officers included:  Captain Guy Thompson’s promotion to Deputy Chief of Police, David DeSane from […]

At Our Lady of Mount Carmel School [OLMC] in Asbury Park, a bond is forming with some unlikely new friends – residents of Brandywine Assisted Living. The intergenerational friendship began last spring when first graders at the catholic school visited the Wall based senior living facility. Accompanied by Principal Theresa Craig and several teachers, they […]

Five men allegedly responsible for at least one murder and a separate mid-day shooting incident in Asbury Park this summer are charged with murder and/or weapons-related offenses, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Wednesday morning at St. Stephen AME Zion Church, located 1001 Springwood Ave. The church was the site of a community town […]

Ahead of Saturday’s sold-out 7 pm Asbury Park Dance Festival at The House of Independents, organizers will host a free preview at 6:30 and 7 pm at the Carousel Building, located on Asbury Avenue at Ocean Avenue. As reported in triCity News [Sept 5 edition] three dancers from the renowned Paul Taylor Dance Company are […]

Two Asbury Park police officers are facing multiple charges relating to two separate vandalism incidents, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni announced Wednesday. Officer Stephen Martinsen, 29, of Asbury Park, and Class II Special Officer Thomas Dowling, 26, of Asbury Park, are charged with two counts each of third-degree conspiracy, two counts each of third-degree possession […]

In a written letter posted Sunday via social media, Environmental Shade Tree Commission Chair Tom Pivinski announced a new garden is underway along Fifth Avenue at Sunset Lake, west of Veterans Park.  “In response to the domestic terrorism in our country and our city, the Friends of the Asbury Park Environmental Shade Tree Commission [ESTC] […]