Adults and kids of all ages — along with their canine companions — are invited to this year’s Asbury Park Oysterfest, which has switched locations yet again. This year, the annual three-day seafood festival will be held in the lot just outside of the Carousel building between Asbury Avenue and Wesley Lake [photo above]. It kicks off […]

Several Asbury Park business owners along with members of the city council and the Chamber of Commerce met last night to discuss a possible need to update the city’s downtown redevelopment zone. The group will be “seeking to modernize the current Central Business District [CBD] redevelopment plan based on the evolution of business within Asbury […]

A foreclosure action has been pending against Mayor Myra Campbell’s home since May 6, according to court documents. Filed by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the legal action seeks to foreclose on the mortgage taken out by Campbell [above, center] in 2002 to secure a $100,000 loan with a term of 15 years. “I’ve […]

From July 31 to August 12 the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: JULY 31 • A 19-year-old male from Neptune was arrested and charged with possession of controlled dangerous substances [CDS] in the 800 block of Central Avenue. • A 19-year-old male from Neptune was arrested and charged with possession of CDS […]

Asbury Park will fund the installation and repair of surveillance cameras on property owned by the housing authority, and city officials have plans to upgrade and add more cameras throughout the city. City officials along with members of the housing authority, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s office, the Monmouth County Department of Community Affairs and Senator […]

One of the dogs rescued by the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [SPCA] after it was allegedly mistreated by owners in Asbury Park is on the mend and up for adoption. Boogie [pictured above], a 2 to 3 year old pit bull, weighed 30 pounds and had a bloody ear […]

After a public hearing that lasted over an hour, the city council on Wednesday voted to approve a proposal to allow eating and drinking on the second story of a building on Lake Avenue fronting Wesley Lake. Restaurateur Andy Ivanov, owner of Pilsener Haus in Hoboken and former owner of Radegast in Brooklyn, proposed the […]

Beach fee revenue in the city is up $130,532 over last year as of Aug. 4, city manager Terence Reidy told the council at its meeting on Wednesday. “So the beach is still doing well,” Reidy said. Beach fee revenue for Asbury Park last year exceeded $1 million for the first time ever, beach utility […]

Waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial plans to build 225 new residential units on the block just west of the unfinished Esperanza high rise site, city attorney Frederick Raffeto told the city council at its Wednesday night meeting. The subject block is bound by Kingsley and Bergh streets between 3rd and 4th avenues. The site was suggested […]

An Asbury-based non-profit organization seeks to bridge a perceived disconnect between local student athletes’ athletic prowess and their failure to shift that talent past the high school level. The Sportz Farm Foundation‘s mission is to “produce professionals on and off the field,” said Diteko “Tiko” Hammary, the organization’s founder and director. Currently, Hammary and other […]