Governor Chris Christie celebrated the completion of post-Sandy repairs made to the Asbury Park boardwalk and welcomed tourists to the city for one of the biggest holiday weekends at the Jersey Shore at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Friday afternoon on the south side of the boardwalk near Convention Hall. It was his third ribbon cutting; prior […]

People who had Friday appointments at Asbury Park Municipal Court were greeted in the lobby of municipal hall and told they would be mailed instructions to come back at a later date, since there was no electricity in the municipal complex. A possible electrical surge from a late afternoon lightning storm is being blamed for […]

Master Waterfront redeveloper iStar Residential will have to wait another two weeks before the Asbury Park Planning Board votes on an application for a proposed townhome development on the western edge of the waterfront redevelopment zone. The application for national homebuilder K. Hovnanian to erect 28 townhome units within the western portion of the block […]

The results of the 2014 New Jersey Top Ten Beaches competition were announced Thursday, and Asbury Park beaches made the cut. Beaches in the City by the Sea were voted number eight overall, according to Rory Joyce, a communications officer at the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium. Respondents were also invited to nominate their favorite […]

A portion of one of the city’s main north-to-south throughfares has been approved for slimming. Members of the Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday to draft a resolution that allows the Department of Transportation [DOT] to reconfigure the traffic pattern on Memorial Drive, from Route 33 on the Neptune border to Munroe Avenue. Monmouth County […]

Beginning Fridays in June, visitors to Asbury Park will once again be able to end their day relaxing on the beach next to a bright bonfire. The Asbury Park City Council gave the OK for boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette to host the weekly events at their Wednesday meeting. Bonfires will be held Wednesday nights at […]

Trinity Episcopal Church in Asbury Park, built between 1908 and 1911, has been formally listed on the New Jersey State Register of Historic Places. The May 8 listing acknowledges the church’s historic significance, which arises from its Late Gothic Revival architecture, its near-original fixtures and its important stained glass artistry, as a part of the legacy of its […]

Native tree species will be placed where palm trees once provided shelter from the sun in the “Summer Experience” shaded hammock garden, previously the site of the Vive sales trailer. The Asbury Park planning board Monday gave unanimous approval for master waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial to swap out the palms, which they had trucked up […]

From May 14 to May 19 the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: MAY 14 A 37-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with possession of CDS at the intersection of Atkins and Atlantic avenues. A 25-year-old male from Oakhurst was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing in the 300 block […]

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 a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the […]