Colts Neck High School Principal Dan Simon will head College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School, set to open this fall. Simon was principal at High Technology when it garnered the number one STEM High School accolade in the nation from U.S. News & World Report. Simon, who began his career as an East Brunswick […]

Tell us what you think about Asbury Park. That is the introduction to an ongoing community wide survey being conducted as part of the municipality’s Master Plan reexamination. But artist Conrad Neblett [at right] of Sunset Avenue, in addressing the governing body at Wednesday night’s City Council meeting, voiced concerns that not all members of […]

Less than two weeks after the annual Asbury Park Fishing Club Flea Market was held at Convention Hall, club President Joe Pallotto distributed over $5,000 in proceeds to charitable organizations throughout Monmouth County. And while groups like Clean Ocean Action, The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, and the annual Spring Lake Trout Tournament for […]

The Philly-Asbury connection continues as Smith moves to open branches of their Porta and Brickwall Tavern eateries on Chestnut Street in the east side of Center City, according to a Philly.com article by staff writer Michael Klein. Smith landed in Asbury Park in 1996 as Knockout. Their flagship restaurant Brickwall Tavern and Dining Room opened […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. There will be no closed executive session. The meetings begin with a 6 p.m. public workshop session, followed by the 7 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting. Public participation takes place at the beginning of […]

AP Moto Club landed on Lake Avenue just over 6 months ago but owners Anthony Chick, Sam Bey, and Dave Sincox are quickly solidifying a place within the community. The moto culture and lifestyle club not only sponsors a pro surfer, skateboarder, motocross rider, and tattoo artist, but their attention is squarely on Asbury Park’s […]

Tidal flow stagnation to the western most region of Sunset Lake led to an overabundance of algae and bad odors in recent years. In August the Asbury Park City Council created an 11-member Sunset Lake Commission aimed at restoring the northeast water body back to its glory. Headed by Councilwoman Eileen Chapman, the Commission will […]

Free Tax Prep Offered A series of Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties sponsored free tax prep is being offered through April 18 to families whose incomes are below $54,000 and for individuals earning $30,00 or less. Officials advise that families with incomes under $53,930 may qualify for up to $8,529 in Earned Income Tax […]

A spate of home burglaries in the West Deal and Deal Park neighborhoods has officials asking the public to be more vigilant and provide any information pertaining to the breaking and entering and theft incidents that began on Thursday and continued through Sunday, according to a Ocean Township Police Department news release. The burglary suspects […]

The Asbury Park City Council will look to create an advisory committee comprised of residents, business owners and city officials Wednesday to help vet its ongoing survey of Brownfield sites, particularly those on its main thoroughfares and along Springwood Avenue.  US Congressman Frank Pallone [D-NJ] announced in August that the city had become the recipient […]