The abrupt closing Monday of two Asbury Park downtown eateries resulted in regular patrons immediately taking to social media. Mattison Avenue located Fish Urban Dining and Cibo e Vino, the neighboring restaurants that opened in 2010 and 2013, respectively have permanently closed their doors to the public. While owners Jim and Karen DeGiglio could not […]

Watermark on the Asbury Park boardwalk will be hosting a voter registration drive from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, owner Russell Lewis has announced. “If you have not yet registered to vote, or have moved in past 30 days and have not yet registered to vote at your new address, this is your chance before […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. A  Special Executive Session, to be held directly following the meeting, will focus discussions on the financial/redeveloper’s agreement with waterfront redeveloper iStar for its 1101 Ocean Avenue project. The […]

This weekend Trinity Episcopal Church will resurrect its Annual Thrift Sale. “Trinity’s last Thrift sale was October 2013,” Warden Bill Pearson said. “Prior to that date it had been an annual event for five years.” This time around, the Asbury Avenue Church known for its missions to feed the hungry, will relaunch the fundraising event […]

It’s been three years, and at least as many variations, since a of a local developer first introduced plans to rehabilitate property along Main Street between Third and Fourth Avenues where a long shuttered Getty service stations sits. When preliminary Planning Board approvals were granted in Dec. 2013, no definitive tenant for the proposed 10,000 square foot commercial building […]

Due to be released via iTunes Tuesday, Taylor Tote’s “Fighter” is a collaborative anthem to and from the youngest among us who have faced a cancer diagnosis. Tote, 21, cowrote the single with 6-year-old acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivor [ALL] Natalie Grace and her 9-year-old sister Hannah Rose Gorsegner last year. Along with a chorus of […]

Across the nation Friday morning, police officers took time off to meet with members of the of the communities they have pledged to serve and protect duties in order to share a cup of coffee. The Annual Coffee with a Cop event in Asbury Park was held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Interfaith […]

In a city increasingly known for its counterculture music, art and restaurants, a new challenge has come to the horizon. Next month, bartenders who take a more culinary approach to making drinks will be challenged during the First Annual Asbury Park Mixology Contest at Langosta Lounge. Held from 3 to 9 p.m. Nov. 7, mixologists’ […]

With the state gubernatorial race still over a year away, political chess came into fruition Thursday as Senate President Steve Sweeney announced he would not throw his hat in ring. His announcement came just one week after Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop announced he would be pulling out of the race. Then came the announcement […]

Asbury Underground – The Locals featured exhibit is currently on display at art629 Gallery on Cookman. The Asbury Underground Art and Music Crawl runs next weekend but the 12 featured local artists’ work on display will run through Nov. 13, Asbury Underground founder and art629 Gallery owner Pat Schiavano said. The popular two-day Asbury Underground, […]