The Asbury Park School District held its Third Annual Bubbles For Autism at Bradley Elementary School Monday afternoon. This year’s supportive celebration, which was also held Thursday morning at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, was themed Anchored in Love and included participants forming a human anchor on the Third Avenue school’s soccer field. The second and […]

A group of close to 60, including Mayor John Moor and Councilwomen Yvonne Clayton and Eileen Chapman, turned out Thursday evening to celebrate the grand opening of Re-Max Asbury Park, located at 501 Grand Ave. Behind the national brand are a mother and daughter team from Ocean Township who have two other branches under their […]

Two well known Asbury Park-based real estate offices will join forces Monday. The John C. Conover Agency [located at 200 Main St at the corner of Cookman Avenue] and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Signature Properties [formerly Vail Realty, located at 701 Mattison Ave at the corner of  Bond Street] have announced a merger agreement that will […]

A legal awareness workshop will be held 10:30 to 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Augustine Episcopal Church, located at Prospect and Atlantic avenues. Sponsored by the NJ Pan African Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc, the program is aimed at educating the public on their rights during encounters with law enforcement. Discussions about what one […]

Second Baptist will host a housing development information session at noon Sunday. Developers behind the residential projects underway along the Springwood Avenue corridor will be hand to update the community and answer questions at the Atkins Avenue house of worship. The projects, which include the rehabilitation of the long shuttered Boston Way and the Michaels […]

The team behind the Asbury Underground has put together Recycled – an Earth Day celebration exhibit being held 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday at art629 gallery on Cookman Avenue. “We are very happy to share this show in an effort to further exemplify and bring awareness to the very real and ominous problem we are […]

The Asbury City Council’s approval Wednesday of two electric car charging stations will launch its car share program, the first of its kind by a community along the Jersey Shore. The award went to Jersey City based Greenspot JC, at no cost to the municipality. The agreement outlines a 5 percent profit share to the […]

The Asbury Park City Council approved a smoking ban on city beaches by a 3 to 2 vote during its Wednesday night Regular meeting. Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn and Councilman Jesse Kendle cast the no votes.  The new regulation will prohibit smoking or littering of tobacco products on all public beaches. Those products, according to […]

Ahead of the 2018 summer season, Asbury Park boardwalk redeveloper, Madison Marquette has announced a new addition to the local team and that all of its container pop up tenants will return.  Project Director George Ladyman announced the hire of Jennifer Star, who will take on the role of senior leasing representative. “As a Monmouth […]

The Asbury Park Mayor and City Council are expected to vote on an agreement that will designate Interfaith Neighbors as the redeveloper for the 1276 Washington Ave. The agreement includes the parcel of land, located between Ridge and Prospect avenues, being sold to the local nonprofit for $7,500.00. Plans are to construct a 3,000 square […]