The Jersey Pride Parade is underway, passing through downtown Asbury Park on Cookman Avenue. The parade route takes the procession north on Grand Avenue, where it will turn east at Sunset Park to the Jersey Pride Festival grounds in front of Convention Hall. The festival will conclude at 7 p.m. This is a statewide festival […]

The Jersey Pride Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary on Sunday in Asbury Park. The city has hosted every Pride Festival since the first in June, 1992. This year’s marks the 21st annual event. The Jersey Pride Parade starts at noon on Sunday and heads down Cookman Avenue and Grand Avenue on its way to the […]

Wrecking equipment this morning ripped into the long-vacant building that once housed the Club Phoenix go-go rock bar and before that the Odyssey gay bar. In an ironic twist — and a dangerously close call — the long-time former owner of the property, Jeanette Bender, drove around a police barricade and passed by the site […]

Demolition of the former Phoenix building began earlier today as construction workers gathered on the lot on Cookman Avenue. Nearby buildings on Sewall Avenue were razed yesterday. City waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners has ownership of these structures and is demolishing them to make way for a new streetscape plan including sidewalks, shrubbery and lighting to […]

Six Asbury Park residents have filed a notice of intention with the city clerk to recall all five incumbent city council members [shown above], according to a report in the Coaster weekly newspaper. The recall proponents must collect 25 percent of the city’s registered voters on a petition, as well as fulfill other statutory requirements, […]

The neon Rainbow Room sign from Asbury Park’s old Albion Hotel has been restored and installed inside the city’s James J. Howard Transportation Center next to City Hall. The restoration projects was undertaken by the Asbury Park Historical Society. A dedication of the sign is scheduled in the transportation center on Sunday, June 3 at […]

From May 21 through 28, the police department made the following arrests: • On May 21, a 20-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with contempt of court and possession of a controlled dangerous substance in the 10 block of Atkins Avenue. • On May 21, a 44-year-old male from Neptune was arrested […]

Demolition began today on several structures as part of a streetscape improvement project for a largely vacant stretch of Cookman Avenue and nearby streets. Crews started demolishing some structures on Asbury Avenue today [pictured above]. The Club Phoenix building on Cookman Avenue is tentatively scheduled for demolition on Thursday, according to Brian Cheripka of waterfront […]

Thanks to this weekend’s warm and mostly dry weather, Memorial Day was a boon for both beach badge sales and local businesses. About 10,000 daily beach badges were sold over the course of the weekend, according to Beach Safety Supervisor Joe Bongiovanni — 3,500 on Saturday, 2,500 on Sunday and 4,000 on Monday. This is […]

Officials from the state Division of Taxation inspected 20 retail businesses and barber shops in Asbury Park and Neptune Township last week to investigate possible tax compliance issues and whether sales of untaxed cigarettes and cigars or other contraband were taking place. Apparent violations were noted by Office of Criminal Investigation agents at 16 of […]