“Tonight and Every Night,” the short film created by Asbury Park native Christina Eliopoulos this year is headed to full length feature production. “We will try to keep as many of the original stars and crew as possible,” Eliopoulos said. Inspired by her late father’s life after a diagnosis of dementia, Eliopoulos addresses the fragility […]

A GoFundMe campaign, launched Sunday in support of music photographer Jeff Crespi, reached its halfway mark Monday afternoon. Crespi, who was recently flown to Capital Health Institute for Neuroscience for lesions found on his brain, is reportedly out of danger.  “As Jeff would say he has a vascular issue around his brain lesions that went wackadoodle,” the […]

One of Asbury Park’s most creative Renaissance men Adam ‘DJ Atom’ Worth has been nominated for a New York Emmy. “It’s for a quiet documentary I did on my own time,” Worth said via a telephone interview. Known around town for his dance inspiring spins, often coupled with on the beat visuals, Worth announced via […]

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr [D-6th District] led a contingent of Washington DC based Internet Association members on a Small Business Crawl through Asbury Park’s downtown Wednesday morning. Aimed at showcasing the depth and breadth internet job possibilities within the city, top executives from Google, Facebook, Yelp, Spotify, Etsy, Airbnb, Expedia and Paypal got a […]

Parlor Gallery, a staple in Asbury Park’s downtown since 2009, celebrates its anniversary 7 p.m. Saturday with collective of works by artists from across the globe. The ladies behind the gallery in the city’s arts bloc community said, “We are celebrating Parlor Gallery’s 8th Anniversary in the best way possible..with an art show.” “We started […]

Three Asbury Park community leaders are among those being honored next month at Brookdale Community College’s 32nd Annual Wilbur Ray Awards Dinner. Asbury Park School District Superintendent Lamont Repollet, Konscious Youth Development Service [KYDS] founder Mychal Mills, and Sportz Farm founder Diteko Hammary are among the nine Monmouth County community leaders and volunteers being recognized. […]

Tonight And Every Night – a film about the power of love over dementia, will make its debut April 2 at the Garden State Film Festival in Atlantic City.  Written and directed by Asbury Park native Christina Eliopoulos, the short film is a return home [of sorts] for the local filmmaker and its star, veteran […]

In 2009, Asbury Park resident Jon Biondo and two friends embarked on a trip to the Sub-Saharan African nation of Malawi. A former British colony, one million of the the landlocked nation’s population are children orphaned by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Biondo, then practicing law in New York, was fulfilling the wish of a long time […]

The woman behind the Stone Pony’s success since 2003 has been named the 2017 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal. “I knew immediately after the start of last year’s event that Caroline should be the next grand marshal,” event founder Garrett Giberson Jr. said. “Everyone on the Board agreed.” Giberson, who has known the Wall […]

A viewing and tribute service will be held Friday for Pastor Porter S. Brown of Faith Baptist Tabernacle in Asbury Park who died unexpectedly last week. Located at 1209 Bangs Avenue, friends and family will receive condolences from 7 to 9 p.m. An additional visitation will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday, at […]