A part of Asbury Park’s musical history may live on through the memories of those who frequented the Upstage Club but by next summer the Cookman Avenue structure will become home to a retail business and four residences. The Planning Board, last week, granted site plan approval to the Ross brothers, real estate investors and […]

The Bonney Read opened Tuesday night in the Steinbach building, providing its long-awaited traditional seafood restaurant experience. The brainchild of Asbury Festhalle Biergarten partners Andrej Ivanov, Ladiflav Sebestyen, and Executive Chef James Avery, the restaurant is named for legendary pirates Anne Bonney and Mary Read. The floor to ceiling glass windows capture nuances meant to […]

Be it a tie-dye shirt or socks, ecofriendly soaps or cologne, all the items at Tuesday’s Kids in Biz Expo are handcrafted by Asbury Park High School students enrolled in The Spot. The Spot is a youth service program funded by the NJ Dept. of Children and Families in collaboration with Visiting Nurse Association Health […]

A bill that curbs the use of messengers to bring vote-by-mail [VBM] ballots to voters was signed into law on Monday by Governor Chris Christie. Under the new law, designated messengers would be restricted to delivering VBM ballots to three voters in any election. The law currently allows a messenger to deliver 10 ballots. A […]

This week’s regularly scheduled City Council meetings have been cancelled. The Asbury Park City Council will not hold its Monday workshop session and its Wednesday regular session meetings. The Council will meet 6 p.m. Aug. 24 for its workshop session and at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 26 for its executive session that will be followed by […]

The Asbury Park High School football team took to weeding Thursday morning at Interfaith Neighbors’ Kula Urban Farm and around the Springwood Avenue Center that houses Kula Café and the Senior Center. The community service endeavor was a collaboration between Interfaith Neighbors and the school district’s College and Career Readiness program, with guidance from the […]

A checkpoint coordinated by the Monmouth County DWI task force will be in front of police headquarters on Main Street from 11 p.m. Friday night until 3 a.m. Saturday morning, according to Acting Chief of Police Anthony Salerno. Motorists will be randomly pulled over from the southbound lane. The Monmouth County DWI task force is […]

Jazz is back in Asbury Park. Well in actuality, with local eateries showcasing jazz musicians throughout the year, it never really left. But this weekend, a city-wide resurgence kicks off with the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural Asbury Park LOVES Jazz. According to Chamber Executive Director Jackie Pappas, the event ‘celebrates’ not only the […]

In the early morning Thursday social media buzzed with outrage over the vandalism of a public art installation along Asbury Park’s boardwalk. The pop art mural [shown above] was splattered sometime during the overnight with hues of green paint and tagged with white spray painted letters. But shortly thereafter someone left an anonymous, three-page, handwritten […]

A 20-year-old man turned a gun on himself after shooting a 30-year-old male victim Thursday afternoon at a residence near Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, according to a Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office news release. Both men, residents of Asbury Park, remain in critical condition at an area hospital, Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Charles Webster […]