Novice glass-blowers and curious passersby can now create colorful glass art in Asbury Park’s downtown. Hot Sand Glass Studio recently opened its doors at 550 Cookman Ave. For the past seven years, the half-gallery-half-workspace operated out of a storefront on the boardwalk. Hot Sand is likely the only place in the country where patrons can […]

The board of education was divided on whether to pay Pedro Noguera $8,000 to deliver the keynote address for the annual Superintendent’s Convocation for the Asbury Park School District Faculty and Staff. After two votes, the speaker and his fee were approved. Noguera is a professor of education at New York University, according to the […]

Volunteers answered the call this weekend to come out and help enhance the look of the boardwalk. Twenty-seven people on Saturday and twelve on Sunday showed up to paint various elements of the boardwalk in a new color scheme meant to evoke the architectural history of the waterfront, according to event organizer Jana Manning, an […]

In one week, downtown Asbury Park will have a new attraction whose aim is to draw people who appreciate locally-grown produce and homemade products. A farmer’s market called “Asbury Fresh Saturday Market” will debut on Saturday, May 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Kennedy Park on Cookman Avenue. The market will be open […]

The search for a high school principal in Asbury Park will continue, as board members did not approve the appointee recommended by Superintendent Denise Lowe [above, right]. That was the second time board members overruled Lowe on a personnel matter during Wednesday’s meeting, as they also voted to keep a teacher Lowe had recommended they terminate. […]

This week’s Friday Foto comes from Loch Arbour resident Billy Mecca, a graphic artist, journalist, and media editor whose outfit Beachcruiser Media is located inside the M Space on Bangs Avenue. Mecca’s picture of the swan boats located at Asbury Pedal on Lake Avenue captures a scene reminiscent of Asbury’s historic past. “I was going […]

The Arthur Pryor band shell above the Sunset Avenue pavilion has been stripped down to its steel shell, as the wood on the structure was rotting and becoming a safety hazard, according to officials of the city and boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette. Asbury Park director of planning and redevelopment Donald Sammet, who confirmed that the […]

High school English teacher Jessica Daniels almost lost her job at last night’s board of education meeting. But after more than a dozen of her students and colleagues spoke to the board about Daniels’ accomplishments and her relationships with students, the board voted to keep her in her position. Under the budget approved at last […]

Interlaken’s board of education meeting was packed Monday night as residents discussed a pending agreement to educate local students in West Long Branch instead of Asbury Park. Since the 1940s, the borough has maintained a sending-receiving agreement with Asbury Park. But this year, 20 students attended West Long Branch schools under a sending-receiving agreement that […]

The Asbury Park Police Department arrested Eddie Martin, 44, of Neptune, after he allegedly broke the window of a car and entered it. On Sunday, April 22, at 12:30 a.m., Officer Craig Breiner heard glass breaking in the 200 block of Second Avenue, according to a prepared release from the Asbury Park Police Department. He […]