The Asbury Park Museum has announced three programs in addition to its weekly African American Reads Ins being held Saturday afternoons through February’s end. The brainchild of Asbury Galleria owner Kay Harris, the popup museum opened in December inside the fifth Avenue pavilion on the AP Boardwalk at 1200 Ocean Ave. The Saturday afternoon community […]

Konscious Youth Development and Service [KYDS], a local nonprofit that primarily works to help the area’s youth travel the terrain of living in an urban neighborhood, is the brainchild of Monmouth University graduates Mychal Mills and Rodney Salomon. Be it poverty, crime, gangs, drug abuse or alcoholism, the pair quietly took a holistic approach by […]

Two community events will be taking place at local churches this weekend. First up is the 10 am to noon Survivors of Everyday Gun Violence Listening Project and Vigil at Second Baptist Church, located at 124 Atkins Ave. The featured guest speaker is Regina Thompson-Jenkins, whose son Tre Devon Lane died after shielding two friends […]

A Feb 4 report released by 24/7 Wall St has named Asbury Park among the top worst cities to live in across the nation. In recent years, Asbury Park has been ranked among the best cities nationwide by Livability, Travel +Leisure, carrentals.com, USA Today, to name a few. Also, its beach has consistently landed on […]

In a brief responding to the local Littoral Society’s beach access lawsuit against the borough, Deal Business Administrator Stephen Carasia maintains Neptune Avenue is not a pedestrian access point. “Contrary to the plaintiff’s recitations, Neptune Avenue is not a pedestrian ‘access point’ as identified on the Borough of Deal’s Municipal Public Access Plan submitted by […]

The Asbury Park Bazaar 4th Annual Valentine’s event Can’t Buy Me Love returns noon o 6 pm Saturday inside the Grand Arcade at Convention Hall, located at 1300 Ocean Ave. The event features a specially curated marketplace showcasing the best in independent local and regional vendors, cofounder Jenny Vickers Chyb said. “We’re so excited to […]

A presentation of iStar’s beach club plans, to be located at 1500 Ocean Ave, has prompted city officials to change its next meeting venue. The Asbury Park City Council Feb 13 meetings will be held inside the Asbury Park High School Auditorium, officials announced today. “With iStar’s expected presentation of the beach club, we are […]

Asbury Park saw a 13 percent drop in crime last year, according to an annual report compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigations [FBI]. The national Uniform Crime Report, launched in 1929, is a measurement to standardize crime per municipality. It outlines aggregated statistics on everything from violent crimes to property offenses, such as arson, […]

Starting in February, you’ll be using your license plate to pay for parking in Asbury Park instead of entering a space number — a system called “pay-by-plate.” If you pay for parking at a pay station, you’ll be inputting your license plate number. You can also save your license plate information in the city’s mobile […]

Applications will be accepted from January 24 to February 5 for the Salt School, a multi-week program developed by The Asbury hotel’s management company to provide an introduction to the hospitality industry and recruit Asbury Park residents as employees.  This year the Salt School is geared toward recruiting city residents as employees for the expected […]