A new festival celebrating African and African-American cultural heritage will make its debut Aug. 5 at Springwood Avenue Park. The inaugural Universal African Heritage Festival is being held to encourage cross-cultural communication among communities, artists, youth and all others interested in various forms of culture and art from Africa and its Diaspora, organizers said in […]

A group of residents have formed what will be an association focused on quality of life issues in the downtown neighborhood, officially known as the Central Business District [CBD] Redevelopment Area. The new Downtown Neighbors Association of Asbury Park [DNA] had its first meeting last week, member Gary Maffei said. On the agenda was the […]

The Asbury Park Fire Department is back on the scene of a blaze that broke out Saturday evening in two vacant buildings along Springwood Avenue and Memorial Drive, department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr said. “Firefighters are on the scene now for areas that have rekindled,” Giberson said. “There were no injuries.” The fires occurred near […]

Members of the Asbury Park Fire Department are battling a blaze burning at two building on Memorial Drive south of Springwood Avenue, department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr. confirmed. The fire call came in near 7:02 p.m. and there is no word yet as to any injuries or how the blaze started. ——————————————————- Follow the Asbury […]

Party people who don’t care about the weather are gathering at Sunset Park for the inaugural Asbury Park Superfest: Masters of Funk, ongoing until 9 p.m. The lineup features an all-star gathering of soul, funk, and R&B icons hailing back to the 60s, including The Mary Jane Girls and Dazz Band. Also on the bill […]

Former Housing Authority and municipal court employee Rosalie Skinner is known around as ‘Judge Judy,’ due in part for 93-year-old’s life long tenacity for protecting her Asbury Park neighborhood. The 93-year-old was the first to speak up during this week’s Asbury Park West Side Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan meeting. “That building didn’t used to be […]

Canadian travel channel Evasion sent its Go To The Beach crew to town this week. Their assignment was to spotlight the city as a summer road trip destination.  “As any Quebec resident will tell you, no summer is complete without a road-trip down the coast of the Eastern United States,” officials said in a written statement. “Nothing […]

As July comes to a close, the folks over at the Asbury Park Boardwalk have two back to back shows offering a bit of levity, Italian style.   First up is that bad boy of comedy Mike Marino, known to most as simply Jersey Mike. And while tickets to the 7:30 p.m. July 29 performance quickly […]

Sprudge, Portland’s publication on all things coffee, spotlighted Asbury Park’s own High Voltage Seafront Cafe in a feature by Jenn Hall released Thursday. In the feature, co owner Sonia Jozajtis shares how her Polish background inspired the expanded offerings at the Asbury Park Boardwalk pop up turned permanent venue, now located in the First Avenue […]

A cross country trip while dating led to the creation of Taste of Asbury Food Tours, the new venture by Bonnie and Justin Brown of Wanamassa. “We went on a cross country four years ago and did a food tour while visiting Seattle,” said Bonnie Brown. “I had never heard of a food tour. We […]