A group of local musicians have joined forces with singer-songwriter Pamela Flores [shown in featured photo] of Glass Fox Productions to produce a concert in support of actress Mariska Hargitay’s Joyful Heart Foundation. Created in 2004 following the content of fan mail she received from her role as Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special […]

The Christmas holiday spirit was delivered to four local families by the Borough of Allenhurst-Ocean Township PBA Local 57 and the Ocean Township Police Fund, Ocean Township Det. Lt. Timothy Torchia announced Monday afternoon. “This was something that was done on a more intimate basis,” Torchia said. A group of police officers [shown in featured […]

City resident Christine Rehman has been awarded an National Board for Certified Counselors [NBCC] Foundation scholarship in support of her pursuit of an Approved Clinical Supervisor credential. Rehman, who works at the Family Guidance Center of Warren County in Phillipsburg, was awarded $500, according to a written news release by the NBCC Foundation. As part […]

The weather outside may have been frightful but hundreds of city youth got special deliveries from some of Santa’s local helpers during the annual Asbury Park Toy Drive Toy Drop event, held from 9 a.m .to 2 p.m. Saturday at 574 Cookman Avenue, the landmark Press Plaza bank building recently purchased by Sackman Enterprises. An […]

The New Yorker calls his show “A flashy, bass-heavy, retro-futuristic take on the holidays,” and on Friday night Everett Bradley brought his Holidelic holiday show to the Paramount Theatre on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. This was a return home of sorts for Bradley [at right]. “When I pulled up I saw the Stone Pony and […]

As a self-described foot soldier in the civil rights movement Asbury Park resident Gil Caldwell, now in his early 80s, is not slowing down from the cause. The retired pastor [shown at left of Martin Luther King in photo at right] has marched on Washington, fought for voting rights in the heat of the Mississippi […]

With their backs turned against one another and arms locked together, Asbury Park High School students and faculty were given the challenge to put forth their best dance moves as upbeat dance music played in the background. The unusual pairing was but one of the many exercises and games that broke the ice during this […]

Asbury Park’s newest hotel and entertainment venue is currently topping the leaderboard in a national best of readers’ choice competition administered by USA Today. A team of editors, along with a panel of hotel experts, hand-picked 20 of the best hotel openings across the nation this year in order to create the 10Best Readers’ Choice […]

The light snow dusting that landed overnight may be just a hint of things to come and in time to take note of the Asbury Park City Council’s snow removal guidelines, announced this week. In its simplicity, alternate side of street parking will take effect the day after a heavy snowfall, City Manager Michael Capabianco […]

The Asbury Park Toy Drive will be distributing toys and coats to the city’s youngest residents during its annual Toy Drop event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 574 Cookman Avenue, the landmark Press Plaza bank building. A year in the making, city residents and businesses have been holding toy drives and hosting benefit […]