Hurricane Sandy cancelled everything from weddings to 5K races in its wake, but one Shore running tradition is kicking off right on schedule this year. A yearly ritual since 1964, the Polar Bear Races are set for Sunday, Dec. 30, with a 10-mile race walk kicking off at 10 a.m. and a five-mile run at […]

Two brothers with years of experience in the bar and restaurant business have taken over management of Asbury Lanes, the bowling alley and live music venue on Fourth Avenue. The new management team is headed by Chris and Bob Fahey, who own Edgar’s Pub in Manasquan. Bob Fahey is also a partner in a Manhattan […]

There’s been new businesses and new facades of late on the first block of Cookman Avenue off Main Street. Our parent publication triCityNews refers to the block as the “Cookman Avenue Arts Block” because of its eclectic mix of businesses, business owners and architecture. For an Asbury Park Sun photo album of the businesses and […]

A well-known Asbury Park bar is reopening Saturday morning with a new look and feel. The Annex, sister bar to the Brickwall Tavern on Cookman Avenue, was closed Oct. 1 for remodeling. The Annex first opened in 2007. Previously, it was connected to The Brickwall through a sliding wooden door. The Annex was darkly lit […]

The city is borrowing about $850,000 to fund several projects that were previously approved by the council. These costs “had not [been] provided adequate liquidity or cash,” Kaplan said at the Dec. 5 council meeting. One ordinance was to fund the new senior center, built in the Springwood Center on Springwood Avenue. That project cost […]

A record store selling vintage clothing, jewelry and collectable LPs is moving a few doors up the street on Cookman Avenue. Hold Fast records — owned by husband-and-wife team Joe Koukos [above] and Meghan Scott — will reopen on Saturday morning at 611 Cookman Ave. next to the Twisted Tree natural foods cafe. “It’s more […]

Construction at the Vive townhome site may recommence soon, as the city and waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial are close to finalizing an infrastructure agreement for the city’s entire waterfront area. The Vive project is linked to waterfront infrastructure because in arbitration between the city and iStar, it was decided that for iStar to retain its […]

Area restaurateur Tim McLoone hosted his radio show at his Asbury Park Boardwalk eatery yesterday, and hopes to make it a weekly tradition. McLoone started the show on Nov. 29, but because of damage to McLoone’s Supper Club on the boardwalk due to Hurricane Sandy, this was the first week he was able to hold […]

From Dec. 2 to 9, 2012, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: DEC. 2 · A 22-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with domestic violence and possession of controlled dangerous substances [CDS]. DEC. 5 · A 25-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with simple assault. DEC. […]

An Asbury-centric cable television station could be on its way to TVs around the city, as the council officially formed a cable television advisory committee at its meeting on Dec. 5. The council has not yet selected the committee’s nine members. They will likely pick members at the next meeting on Dec. 19, according to […]