Free-parking Wednesdays have been extended until May 30, according to Mayor Ed Johnson. Throughout the winter, visitors and residents have enjoyed free parking in the downtown and on the waterfront on Wednesdays. That program was slated to end this month, but the mayor recommended an extension. “It has really benefited the business community,” Johnson said. […]

The Asbury Park Housing Authority is moving forward with plans to sell the Boston Way apartments [shown above] and relocate its current tenants. The authority approved a resolution at its meeting last night allowing interim executive director William Snyder to apply to the federal department of housing and urban development [HUD] for disposition, or selling, of […]

Motorists in Asbury Park will soon be able to pay for their parking without even touching a meter. The city has enabled a new smart phone parking program — mPay2Park — which allows users to pay for a spot from their mobile devices. “You can activate the meter from the cell phone, from your car, […]

Johnny Mac is taking names. As reported in the triCityNews newspaper two weeks ago, John McGillion, the owner of Johnny Mac’s bar on Main Street, has taken ownership of the former Adriatic restaurant on Kingsley Avenue. And he wants you to name the place. “NAME THIS BAR” is now the message on the old Adriatic sign out […]

Vintage car buffs may soon have a place to store their automobiles in downtown Asbury Park. The planning board recently recommended approval for a storage garage for classic cars to occupy a long-vacant warehouse [above in foreground] stretching between Bangs and Summerfield Avenues. The garage may soon be home to an ancillary social club, as well. The city council […]

When an estimated 100,000 concert-goers flood the city during  Bamboozle festival weekend, the police plan to enlist the help of 70 officers  — 40 more than usual on the busiest weekends. “The whole city is going to be pretty crowded,” Police Chief Mark Kinmon [pictured above] said. “We have a lot of concerns about the weekend and I think […]

The last empty building on the boardwalk will soon be back in business. Boadwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette is renovating the shuttered Sunset Avenue Pavilion to reopen it for May’s Bamboozle festival. The boardwalk redeveloper seeks to “make the building active again instead of it laying there boarded up,” city redevelopment and planning director Donald Sammet said at Wednesday’s […]

Welcome to the first edition of Friday Foto, a weekly photographic journey through the greater Asbury Park area, curated by Asbury Park Sun creative director Jason Thomson and featuring local photographers. This week’s photo comes from Ocean Grove resident Chris Spiegel. It’s a shot of The Great Auditorium during a lightning storm, featuring an eerie […]

Required to introduce the budget in February without final state aid figures, the city council held a hearing Wednesday night on the spending plan, which currently bears a 17-percent tax increase. The state aid amounts should be available within the next week, city manager Terence Reidy [above] said at the hearing. With those aid figures, the budget […]

The Asbury Park Police Department is reaching out to the public with its new website at asburyparkpd.com. The department occupied a section of the town’s website until they recently decided to maintain a separate online presence. Their new site is still under construction but currently provides citizens with the opportunity to send anonymous tips to […]