The Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday to grant conceptual approval on a re-adaptive use project to turn the Salvation Army building, located at 200 Fifth Avenue, into a boutique hotel. Master waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial brought in Manhattan-based architectural firm Stonehill & Taylor  to transform the long-vacant building into an 110-room hotel with a […]

The Prevention Resource Network [PRN] is looking for service providers to set up tables for events in conjunction with the 7th annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day [NLAAD]. NLAAD is a national event to educate the Hispanic community about the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The 2014 theme for this observance is “Engaging Youth Voices in HIV and AIDS Response.” On […]

From July 29 to Aug. 5, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: JULY 29 • A 46-year-old female from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia in the 1000 block of Mattison Avenue. • A 50-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct in the 1500 […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the […]

Representatives from the New Jersey Department of Transportation [DOT] and NJ Transit officials met with city officials Friday to discuss a plan that would permanently close access between Main Street and Memorial Drive at the intersection of Summerfield Avenue. The closure dovetails with a county project that will reconfigure the traffic pattern of Memorial Drive […]

On Thursday, July 24 at 3:45 p.m., Asbury Park’s Cable Television Advisory Committee [APTV] broadcast to home television sets for the first time in the station’s history. The local station has been uploading recorded City Council meetings and other content to the internet since January of 2014, and now Asbury Park area residents can view the […]

The Allenhurst Police Department will be participating in an upcoming “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. Through grant finds received by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Allenhurst police will put additional officers on the road between August 15 and September 1, according to a news release from police. The additional officers will conduct both roving patrols and […]

An exterior wall that runs along the Ocean Avenue side of Asbury Park’s famed concert venue The Stone Pony has a new look. An 8-foot chain link fence has been replaced by an 11-foot masonry wall on the eastern perimeter. The white wall, which extends slightly down the southern side along the perimeter of the […]

Neighborhoods across the country will celebrate the 31st annual National Night Out Against Crime Tuesday, Aug. 5. Since its inception in 1984 by the National Association of Town Watch – a non-profit organization that seeks to develop and promote crime prevention programs – the yearly event has become a time for members of the public […]

An open house will be held at the historic Stephen Crane House in Asbury Park on Sunday, August 10, in an effort to raise public awareness and increase donations for a major fundraising campaign to purchase and restore the location, according to a news release from the Asbury Park Historical Society. The house, located at 508 […]