With their backs turned against one another and arms locked together, Asbury Park High School students and faculty were given the challenge to put forth their best dance moves as upbeat dance music played in the background. The unusual pairing was but one of the many exercises and games that broke the ice during this […]

Asbury Park’s newest hotel and entertainment venue is currently topping the leaderboard in a national best of readers’ choice competition administered by USA Today. A team of editors, along with a panel of hotel experts, hand-picked 20 of the best hotel openings across the nation this year in order to create the 10Best Readers’ Choice […]

The light snow dusting that landed overnight may be just a hint of things to come and in time to take note of the Asbury Park City Council’s snow removal guidelines, announced this week. In its simplicity, alternate side of street parking will take effect the day after a heavy snowfall, City Manager Michael Capabianco […]

The Asbury Park Toy Drive will be distributing toys and coats to the city’s youngest residents during its annual Toy Drop event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 574 Cookman Avenue, the landmark Press Plaza bank building. A year in the making, city residents and businesses have been holding toy drives and hosting benefit […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by the 7 p.m. regular council meeting. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda include: • Executive Session discussions regarding personnel […]

Robert Legere Design Center and Robert Legere Home on Cookman Avenue are no longer in business. The sudden closing was announced with a notice on the doors of both locations stating “Robert Legere Companies is no longer in business and is permanently closed.” The businesses are owned by Steve Troy and Robert Legere (above). A […]

An Americans for Safe Access [ASA] national report released last week calls for an end to contradictions between federal and state guidelines with regard to medical marijuana policies. Showing that not only do opiate related deaths drop an average of 24.8% in states with medical cannabis laws, the report  notes that the Department of Justice […]

An Asbury Park woman charged for the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old city man on Saturday night had her first court appearance Monday before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge O’Brien Kilgallen, according to news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Jennie Cullum, 27, is charged with the first degree murder of Iquan Tyler, as […]

There are three critical elements to the proposed mixed use high rise Sackman Enterprises wants to bring to the downtown, project attorney Andrew Karas said during the plan’s unveiling Monday night at the Asbury Park City Council meeting. The first on the list would be adding much needed parking via a six-story garage. A total […]

Sackman Enterprises will introduce design plans to construct an urban farm grocery store at its current parking lot on Mattison Avenue during  Monday’s 6 p.m. Asbury Park City Council meeting. The site sits between Bond and Emory streets, Bangs and Mattison avenues. Enveloped by a proposed mixed use high rise, conceptual plans include reconfiguring the […]