Music Mondays at Springwood Avenue Park kicked off with hundreds turning out for performances by headliner Gary U.S. Bonds and opener Laura Crisci & PK Lavengood. Organizers said it was one of the highest attendance numbers on record, since the free music concert series began. Sponsored by the Asbury Park Music Foundation, a nonprofit that provides […]

Two Fourth of July weekend events were announced Monday. While the Remember Jones July 4th EP Release show at The Asbury has sold out, organizers have added a second show, to be held 7 p.m. July 3 at the Baronet rooftop bar. The local 15-piece band will debut Tranquilizer, a follow up to the highly acclaimed […]

An update of the Asbury Park West Side Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan will be unveiled next month. The plan, which aims to transform Lincoln Village and the southwest quadrant into a place of opportunity and economic growth, is funded by a $500,000 Housing and Urban Development [HUD] grant. City and Housing Authority officials have been […]

A two hour meeting held this past week allowed public input on the current Master Plan Reexamination Report being formulated by the city. The report is the first step in updating the existing plan, in pace since 2006. Councilwoman Eileen Chapman opened the meeting by saying “We’d like to have everyone’s input, everyone’s thoughts and […]

Hundreds of postcards, some with personal messages, were posted at noon Saturday on the doors leading into iStar’s local office on Ocean Avenue. The message – Save Asbury Park’s north end beach from development. iStar, as the city’s waterfront redeveloper, owns the development rights for much of the waterfront redevelopment area and has proposed constructing […]

Among those behind the Annual Asbury Park Day celebration is muralist Charles Trott. The retired educator, artist, and lifelong city resident created the signature banner for the second annual event. Trott spent years teaching art in several school districts throughout New Jersey, including Newark. He also taught art in Bermuda and was an artist in […]

Sackman Enterprises has asked the Asbury Park governing body for a plan amendment to construct a four story residential building at 512 Summerfield Ave, the site of a current parking lot. “What we are proposing is a 12-unit a residential dwelling,” Project Attorney Andrew Karas said. The property sits within the Central Business District [CBD] […]

Rodney Salomon and Mychal Mills [shown in feature photo] set out with one goal in mind – to help the area’s youth make better choices during times of stress. The Monmouth University graduates, who had separately embraced a holistic lifestyle, came together to form Konscious Youth Development and Service [KYDS]. They began a few years back with […]

In celebrating Exhibit No. 9’s fourth anniversary, the collaborative husband and wife team behind the gallery will debut It’s A Shore Thing on Saturday. “We sincerely thank all of our patrons and clients for four wonderful and successful years,” Lois and Tom White [shown in feature photo] wrote in a joint statement. “It’s a joy […]

A few local musicians making a their mark in the Asbury Park music scene will make their debut on The Stone Pony stage Thursday night. Organized by Joe Henderson of The Burns [at right], the Summer Swelter Kick Off Party will also feature Modern Crowds, Avery and the Man Devils, We’re Ghosts Now, and The […]