For the second year in a row, crew members of the Asbury Park Waterfront marketing campaign dressed in brightly colored orange polo shirts will lend their knowledge of Asbury Park to summer tourists. They come as part of iStar Residential’s ‘Summer Experience’ initiative, which offers seasonal and daily beach packages. Amenities include access to a […]

This summer, Asbury Park residents Trisha Smith, 16, and Troy Herbert, 23, [pictured above] gained work experience that will last them a lifetime. The two were hired by the Asbury Park Waterfront [AP Waterfront] campaign, which created 48 new positions this summer through waterfront redeveloper iStar Residential’s “Summer Experience” initiative. Of the 48 new hires, […]

Waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial has established rates for its new “Summer Experience” beach packages. The packages, which are being sold at both seasonal and daily rates, include access to a beachfront station that will house lockers, air-conditioned bathrooms, private showers and changing stations in the southern waterfront area. Shaded hammock gardens will also be made […]

Waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners is pitching a new plan to keep visitors in the city longer on hot summer days. The initiative, dubbed “Summer Experience,” would temporarily bring bath houses, changing rooms and hammocks to the city’s waterfront redevelopment area. Visitors would buy seasonal memberships to use the stations. Asbury Partners is seeking the city’s […]

In between the end of summer camp and students returning to school, Asbury Park is readying for a few fundraisers being held to support city’s youth. There are three fundraisers being held to support student’s back to school needs. It begins tonight [Aug 16] with the Asbury Park Music Foundation’s Second Annual Back to School […]

Local jazz great Dorian Parreott and his All-Stars will kick off the Asbury Park Music Foundation’s free summer concert series when Music Mondays in Springwood Park returns on June 24. Founded in 2011, the nonprofit works to advance youth music education programs, such as the Hip Hop Institute at the Monmouth County Boys & Girls […]

Asbury Park Boardwalk 2019 summer season kicks off next month with the opening of new eateries, the beloved weekly bonfires on the beach and popular Stone Pony Summer Stage concert series. Bookending the lineup is Saturday’s Yappy Hour at the Wonder Bar seasonal grand opening and Augusts weekly movies on the beach. New to the […]

Asbury Ocean Club hotel, currently underway by waterfront redeveloper iStar, is on track to open this summer, project officials announced Wednesday in a written news statement. The 54-room luxury beach hideaway in the sky, complete with locally-inspired designs and views of water or dunes from its terrace, is located along Ocean Avenue between Third and […]

Asbury Park musicians will take center stage during a new 10-week music series launching this week inside Newark airport. Asbury Park Music Foundation [APMF] has teamed up with Tito’s Handmade Vodka in presenting this live music showcase, being held at the rebranded CBGB Lab inside Terminal C Newark Airport location. “We want passionate music fans […]

The Asbury Park School District summer camp children came before the City Council Wednesday with a formal presentation. They had worked for five weeks, planning, organizing and constructing dioramas that re-envisioned their community. “This summer the Asbury Park School District decided to change the way summer school was run,” their written social media statement said. […]