More accolades came for the Asbury Park Blue Bishops on Valentine’s Day. Sen. Jennifer Beck [R-Monmouth] had the championship winning football and boys soccer teams honored on the Senate floor during Tuesday’s voting session. Superintendent Lamont Repollet joined Soccer Coach Jean Dortissant, players Fenelson Eteinne and Widmaier Beaubrun, Football Coach Tim Fosque and players Namir […]

A meeting last week between city officials and the New York Consulate General’s office of the Republic of Haiti may result in a weekly satellite at town hall, according to a Friday news release. Led by Consul General Peter Helder Bernard, the meeting was attended by Acting Chief of Police Anthony Salerno, members of the […]

In the annual State of the City address delivered Wednesday, City Manager Michael Capabianco [below right] cited highlights from 2016 and laid out a framework for the year ahead and beyond. He acknowledged continued work with partners, like the Asbury Park School District and its Board of Education, the Asbury Park Housing Authority, Interfaith Neighbors, […]

The Women’s March Asbury Park organizers were honored Wednesday night by the City Council, who declared Feb. 8 Women’s Day in their honor. The four women are Daniele Fiori, Amanda Kane, Dallas Hlatky and Jennifer Lampert [at right]. In reading the proclamation, Deputy Amy Quinn said, their efforts “ensured the sounds of women’s voices were […]

The annual screening of short films vying for an Oscar win on Feb. 26, kicks off Friday at ShowRoom Cinema, located at 707 Cookman Ave in the city’s art district. The local boutique theater has exclusively screened the Academy Award nominated shorts for the past five years. They include those in Live Action, Animation and […]

The Asbury Park City Council will meet Wednesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. A 4 p.m. Executive Session precedes the 6 p.m. Workshop. The Regular Session meeting begins at 7 p.m, with public participation taking place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda include: • […]

The transformation of an existing vacant commercial building on Memorial Drive between Third and Fourth avenues will become the new headquarters of Habitat for Humanity. The rehabilitation of the 35,000 square foot property received unanimous approvals by the Zoning Board of Adjustment last week. “Obviously we are very happy to have Habitat as tenants,” said […]

The handcrafted Asbury Park Distilling sign signals what is to come in March [if permit and licensing remains on track], but for managing partner Andy Karas, it’s a 2½-year long journey based in family roots. “My grandfather was a bootlegger during prohibition,” said Karas, a Ridgewood resident. “I never in my life could have imagined […]

Celebrating their two year anniversary, Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten kicked off Saturday with a gift to all its patrons. The Jersey Shore’s first truly authentic Austro-Hungarian biergarten opened its doors at the corner of Lake Avenue and Emory Street February 2015. Immediately, lines of patrons waiting to get in on weekends were a regular occurrence, […]

Mother Nature had other plans for the group of cold weather athletes that set off at 8 a.m. Saturday to participate in the inaugural East Coast rendition of the Red Bull Switchboard in Asbury Park. “It’s a bucket-list day, where board sports enthusiasts have the opportunity to surf and skate in the morning and snowboard […]