Local dignitaries and members of Working Families United for New Jersey, Inc.’s “Raise the Wage” coalition held a press conference Friday to assemble public support in favor of a ballot question that asks voters whether they would like to raise the state’s minimum wage, according to a news release from Congressman Frank Pallone’s office. The […]

The “Meet the Candidates” series continues to spotlight individual residents who seek a seat on the Asbury Park Board of Education. There are three three-year terms and two one-year terms up for contest on the Nov. 5 ballot, making a majority of the seats on the nine member board available. A total of nine candidates are […]

Promoters for the Light of Day Festival have announced the headliner for their main event concert—and have listed the Paramount Theater as the venue. Light of Day is a five-day concert series that raises funds for research and treatments for Parkinson’s disease and related illnesses. The festival started as a single concert held at The […]

Photographs of Asbury Park taken just after World War II by one of Asbury’s own will be on display at The Gallery 13 throughout the month of November. The majority of large-scale black and white prints, shot by 92-year-old Asbury Park native Edward Noumair, depict Asbury Park from an aerial perspective [shown above]. Noumair graduated from […]

A Thursday benefit for New Jersey-based civil rights organization Garden State Equality turned into more of a celebration of the state’s recent ruling to allow same-sex marriages. The event, a reception held at Watermark followed by a film screening of the documentary film “Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement,” at Porta, brought about 150 members of the […]

The Asbury Park chapter of the Statewide Education Organizing Committee [SEOC] will host a candidates’ forum for the upcoming Board of Education election Monday, according to a news release from the organization. The forum takes place Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. at Atonement Lutheran Church. All candidates for the November 5 school board election have […]

A discrepancy between how many exterior style elements should be included on the Vive townhomes has slowed the delivery of certificates of occupancy needed to transfer ownership of some of the finished homes to buyers. Members of the Asbury Park planning board and representatives of iStar Financial discussed the apparent discrepancy at a planning board […]

In the days following Hurricane Sandy, local restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach was left with four out of her five venues closed due to storm damage. On Tuesday, Oct. 29,  Schlossbach [shown above, during post-Sandy reconstruction] will host a “Sandy Release Party” in the Langosta Lounge from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to honor the many supporters of her […]

There is only one week left to enroll preschool-aged children in a free head start program offered by a learning center located in the city. Acelero Learning centers in Monmouth and Middlesex counties run a 12-month head start preschool program in Asbury Park, NJ at no cost to city residents, according to a news release […]

A 5-foot long sea turtle that washed ashore was finally given an unmarked grave on the Second Avenue beach Monday. Don McLain, equipment operator for the city’s Department of Public Works [DPW], said the dead animal was lodged in between the rocks that form the jetty separating the First and Second avenue beaches in the […]