Asbury Park Superintendent Sancha K. Gray held her first stakeholder meeting Wednesday to engage community partners in a discussion about the framework for Vision 2020 Next Level Asbury Park School District.  The meeting, held in the Asbury Park High School Media Center, involved approximately 50 attendees including district administrators, staff, parents, elected officials, business owners, […]

A closing reception will be held from 7 to 11 pm for Carrie & Morgan, the current exhibit at The Collective Art Tank at 529 Bangs Ave.  The show features new sculptures by Asbury Park creative Carrie Ruddick and ink drawings by Brooklyn based artist Morgan Daly.  For the first time, Ruddick, who has spent […]

Tickets are now on sale for the inaugural Asbury Park Dance Festival, which will bring world-renowned companies, choreographers and dancers from the stages of Lincoln Center, Broadway, the Kennedy Center, Paris Opera, the Met and beyond, all in support of Arts Ed NJ. The event will take place on September 14 at the House of […]

Members of the public voiced concerns over the two fatal shootings that occurred in the city during the prior night at a regularly scheduled Asbury Park City Council meeting Wednesday.  The State’s Attorney General’s Office Shooting Response Task Force is investigating the police-involved fatal shooting that occurred near 10:19 pm Tuesday at a multi-unit home […]

From the mayor to heads of churches and community organizations, Cedrica Mitchell and Shontice McKenzie have spent the past month meeting Asbury Park’s most influential leaders. The DC natives are on a self-funded mission to spread mental wellness awareness in all 50 states, by way of a 2002 Chevy Trailblazer home.  McKenzie, a former elementary […]

iStar [the city’s master waterfront developer] and the City, announced in a joint news statement that an agreement has been reached on how to move forward with the reconstruction of the north end boardwalk. “With the cooperation of iStar, we are ready to bring a new boardwalk to the north end,” Mayor John Moor said. […]

Siren Arts’ Into The Mystic summer art series continues 7:15 pm tonight [July 18] on the Second Avenue beach in Asbury Park.  Curated by Victoria Reis, executive and artistic director of Transformer – a 17-year-old DC-based visual arts’ non-profit, Siren Arts is the local expansion of their mission to connect and promote emerging urban visual […]

The controversial but now successful Monmouth County property assessment program, implemented locally by Asbury Park’s County appointed Tax Assessor Erick Aguiar, has been recognized by the International Association of Assessing Officers [IAAO] – the Pulitzer of assessing awards. Known officially as the Real Property Assessment Demonstration Program [ADP], the procedural program was signed into law […]

AP Triangle, a 48-unit townhome project, is being proposed by iStar, the City’s master waterfront redeveloper. Named for the triangular-shaped block bordered by Heck Street, Cookman and Asbury avenues, iStar proposes three buildings on two acres of land.  While the structures will measure four stories in height, the two end units of each structure will […]

The City of Asbury Park released its Summer 2019 transportation updates Friday. “This summer, the City launches an electric scooter program, downtown receives a valet parking service, an additional parking payment app becomes available, and the new Guest Parking Permit program was introduced,” a written news statement said. Electric Scooter ShareThe City’s new electric scooter […]