An effort to amend the waterfront redevelopment agreement to allow smaller developers to move forward has been met with opposition from master waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial. The City Council directed City Manager John “Jack” Kelly Wednesday to write a letter to request iStar agree to amend the waterfront redevelopment agreement to allow developers to move […]

Members of the Asbury Park City Council are all in agreement that none of the city’s railway intersections between Memorial Drive and Main Street should be shut off to traffic. In a discussion held during the Aug. 6 city council meeting, all five council members agreed to send correspondence to the state department of transportation […]

National Basketball Association [NBA] free agent J.R. Inman is set to conduct a youth basketball clinic at the Asbury Park unit of the Boys & Clubs of Monmouth County on Friday, Aug. 15 from noon to 3 p.m., according to recent news release. Inman is a former Rutgers forward who is now a free agent […]

An early morning automobile accident on Memorial Drive took the life of a 23 year old city man, while the four passengers in the vehicles escaped unharmed. At 12:53 a.m., Jeffrey Voltaire was driving a 2003 Jeep Cherokee south on Memorial Drive when he lost control of the vehicle and if flipped over at the […]

Members of the Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday against installation of bump-out curbing along several Kingsley Street intersections throughout the waterfront. A bump-out is the extension of the curb at the corners of a four-way intersection, which narrow the road and effectively eliminate the shoulder. Bump-outs shorten the time a pedestrian is exposed to […]

The New Jersey Tree Foundation, in partnership with American Forests and the City of Asbury Park, is getting ready to plant another round of shade trees in the city this fall, according to a news release from the foundation. Anyone who would like a 12-14 foot tree planted in the space between the curb and […]

An audit requested by city officials has uncovered more billing deficiencies in regard to payment in lieu of tax [PILOT] agreements on downtown apartment buildings. The city failed to properly bill close to $282,000 worth of property taxes on the Griffin and Post apartment buildings, according to city manager John “Jack” Kelly. The total amount of […]

An ordinance that makes several changes to a plan that sets the framework for how the Springwood Avenue corridor will be redeveloped passed its first reading Wednesday. The Michaels Organization, a Marlton-based company that specializes in affordable, mixed-financed housing, seeks to build a mix of 64 residential townhouse and multi-family units within three buildings on vacant lots […]

The Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday to grant conceptual approval on a re-adaptive use project to turn the Salvation Army building, located at 200 Fifth Avenue, into a boutique hotel. Master waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial brought in Manhattan-based architectural firm Stonehill & Taylor  to transform the long-vacant building into an 110-room hotel with a […]

The Prevention Resource Network [PRN] is looking for service providers to set up tables for events in conjunction with the 7th annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day [NLAAD]. NLAAD is a national event to educate the Hispanic community about the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The 2014 theme for this observance is “Engaging Youth Voices in HIV and AIDS Response.” On […]