Downtown farmer’s market Asbury Fresh is returning this year to bring fresh, local produce to downtown Asbury Park. The market will take place on Sunday afternoons in June, July and August according to a prepared release. It will include local produce vendors, purveyors of artisan goods and crafts, nutritional counselors and other creative, sustainable companies. […]

From May 1 to 7, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: MAY 1 • An 18-year-old male from Neptune was arrested and charged with possession of controlled dangerous substances [CDS] at the intersection of Mattison and DeWitt avenues. • A 20-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with possession of […]

The city-wide yard sale held last weekend raised more than $3,000 for animal rescue, organizer Sonja O’Brien said today. Thanks to donations from yard sale participants, $1,424 was raised for Wag On Inn and $1,771 was raised for Rescue Ridge, with more donations on the way, O’Brien said. Both animal rescue groups picked up the […]

Asbury Park has been selected as one of five cities to receive free urban forest assessments over the next six months. American Forests, a national conservation organization, notified the city’s Environment and Shade Tree Commission [ESTC] chair, Tom Pivinski, of their selection of the city last week. Pivinski [pictured above, left, with fellow ESTC member […]

Closed since Hurricane Sandy, Langosta Lounge on the Asbury boardwalk will reopen to the public for dinner service on Monday, May 13 at 5 p.m., according to a news release from Langosta owner Marilyn Schlossbach [above]. Lunch will be added a week later on May 20, the release stated. Also scheduled is a reopening party […]

The third annual city-wide yard sale takes place in Asbury Park on Saturday, with forty two locations throughout the city offering their wares from 9:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants will donate 10 percent of their sales to two animal rescue organizations, Wag on In and Rescue Ridge, according the event organizer Sonja O’Brien. Donations […]

The police department is applying for a grant that would enable them to hire five new officers, Police Chief Mark Kinmon [pictured] said at last night’s council meeting. The federal Community-Oriented Policing Services [COPS] grant would help pay the salaries of five officers for three years, Kinmon said, totaling about $1.4 million. The city would […]

Two developers presented plans for five new structures to be built on Springwood Avenue at last night’s council meeting, and the city is now working with them to create a redevelopers’ agreement. The city selected The Michaels Organization, of Marlton, and Interfaith Neighbors, a nonprofit group that operates in Asbury Park, as developers for the […]

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. The following items are on the agenda: • A presentation from prospective Springwood Avenue developers. • […]

Six months after Hurricane Sandy, some traffic lights in the city are still blinking red instead of going through the typical green-yellow-red sequence. Traffic lights with newer technology are experiencing the most issues, City Engineer Joe Cunha said at the April 17 council meeting. “The newer technology seems to be reverting back to a blinking […]