Sunday shopping at the city’s local farmer and artisan market kicks off this weekend. The outdoor market gives customers the opportunity to interact one-on-one with farmers and artisans who hand craft their wares. Asbury Fresh returns with new offerings and programs, as well as next weekend’s launch of its Belmar Fresh, a satellite market that […]

The pruning along Third, Fourth, and Asbury avenues have city residents questioning the benefit of leaving behind trees with awkwardly shaped limbs that conjure up an Edward Scissor Hands abstract. “These trees are 100 years old and they are shade trees, meant to provide shade on the sidewalks and streets,” said 6-year resident Brian Watkins. […]

Gov. Chris Christie will visit Asbury Park’s new hotel – The Asbury – Friday afternoon. The second term Republican governor will spend the afternoon on walk through Ocean Grove’s downtown business district before his 2 p.m. visit to the city’s first new hotel in over 50 years. Located one block away from the waterfront in […]

Mercy Center’s Sisters Academy of New Jersey graduated ten girls from its independent middle school Wednesday. Founded in 1997, Sisters Academy of New Jersey serves grades five to eight. The Mercy Center program is focused on empowering young women to break out of their community’s cycle of poverty in order to fulfill the visions they […]

With white hardhats lined across their table, Asbury Park School District officials gathered for a formal announcement of their partnership with Brookdale Community College and members of The Jules L. Plangere Jr. Family Foundation to offer qualifying Asbury Park High School students the opportunity to earn 64 credits during their junior and senior years. [At […]

The all-volunteer Center in Asbury Park is seeking chef’s to fill open guest spots at Main Street nonprofit’s headquarters. The Center provides support services and programs for people living with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers. Its housing programs include a permanent home for up to 25 individuals living with HIV/AIDS; emergency placement for homeless individuals as […]

History rose to meet a set of hopeful athletes Thursday in the Asbury Park School District. “All I kept thinking is that I have to get her,” said 13-year-old Micah Wright [shown at right in feature photo] after overtaking competitors to help her team win the 4×100 yard relay at the Frank Budd Games. “I […]

Friday kicks off a weeklong film series at The ShowRoom Cinema with an aim to support art programs throughout the city, organizers announced Tuesday. The Arts Curious Film Series is hosted by the Arts Coalition of Asbury Park [ArtsCAP] to help fund initiatives that spark awareness of public art and a youth oriented filmmaking challenge […]

Local artist Molly Gaston Johnson will host Discourse and Dessert, an election night gathering 8 pm. Tuesday at the Asbury Park Yacht Club. “My own artwork is continuously inspired by patterns of life, growth, and behavior, specifically how human behavior is governed by the same basic instincts found in all living things,” Johnson [at right] […]

Aiming to provide play spaces for children who do not have daily access to them, officials from the New York-based Alexandra’s Playgrounds worked with over 75 community volunteers to construct Our Lady of Mount Carmel Elementary School’s first playground on Saturday morning. “I just think this is a wonderful day for everyone,” said the school’s […]