Adults and kids are invited to learn the secrets of professional kite and sandcastle builders this Saturday at a “Kites and Castles” event on Asbury Park’s 3rd Avenue beach. Sponsored by the “Stronger Than the Storm” campaign, Kites and Castles brings world class sand sculptors and kite makers out to teach beachgoers of all ages […]

The Asbury Park City Council will hold a special meeting in September with representatives of the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] to discuss the state’s proposed redesign of Main Street, and local business owners and residents are invited to weigh in. Commonly referred to as the “road diet,” the plan would reconfigure Rt. 71, […]

In the wake of Friday’s fatal shooting incident in the city, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono visited Asbury Park to denounce Governor Christie’s veto of several gun-control measures. Standing in an empty lot on Washington Avenue, the same street 20-year-old Tyrell Howard was fatally shot Friday night, Buono called Christie’s gun-control measures a “hollow” attempt at gun […]

The city council is scheduled to meet tonight 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. Several special applications for liquor licenses are on the agenda. They include an application to extend […]

From Aug 14 to 19 the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: AUG 14 • A 20-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with possession of controlled dangerous substances [CDS]. • A 49-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property at police headquarters. • An 18-year-old […]

Atlantic City has officially acquired the Garden State Film Festival [GSFF] for at least the next three years. The city’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority [CDRA] voted Tuesday at their monthly meeting to provide financial assistance in the amount of $300,000 to the film festival over the next three years, according to Diane Raver, the festival’s […]

Area bluesman Ken “Stringbean” Sorensen [above] has been made almost whole after his van was stolen last month in Asbury Park, loaded with his vintage instruments and equipment. The instruments were recovered — and now, so has his van. All that remains missing is a PA system, Sorensen said. News of the theft went viral, […]

Asbury Park youth who will begin fifth grade this year are invited to attend a free, week long summer music camp. The Jazz Arts Project, a nonprofit organization, will run their 2013 Asbury Park Summer Music Camp for beginning instrumental music students at the Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County starting Aug. 26. Initiated […]

A major decision that may determine the Garden State Film Festival’s [GSFF] relocation to Atlantic City is scheduled to take place today. Atlantic City’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority [CDRA] will vote today after 2 p.m. as to whether they will provide financial assistance to the film festival, according to Diane Raver, the festival’s executive director. […]

Local politicians and restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach gathered on the Asbury Park boardwalk Saturday to raise awareness about the impacts of extreme weather events on the area and to support President Barack Obama’s new climate change initiative. The press conference was an organized stop on the “I Will Act On Climate” bus tour. The bus, supported […]