A municipality’s Master Plan is often referred to as a living document because of its continual need to be edited and updated; a measure the City of Asbury Park is currently undertaking by way of a Master Plan Reexamination Report. But after proposed changes were presented by consulting firm Clarke Caton Hintz of Trenton during […]

Once the vibrant hub for the City’s African American community, Springwood Avenue was lined with music venues and African American-owned businesses. Between 1910 and 1970 — long before Asbury Park became known for rock music — the city’s African American community rocked the sounds of jazz, gospel, and rhythm and blues along Springwood Avenue. And while […]

A call to creatives with a story to tell or an idea worth spreading is now open. Applications are being accepted for the Sixth Annual TEDxAsburyPark conference, returning May 19 at the Paramount Theatre on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. This year, the theme is passion. “Passion grows directly from our audience, speakers, ideas, and organizers,” […]

Comedic greats Jon Stewart, Janeane Garofalo, and Colin Quinn join media well-knowns Rachel Maddow, Russell Simmons, and Soledad O’Brien in The Muslims Are Coming, a comedic documentary being screened 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church, located at 503 Asbury Ave. A part of The Racial Justice Project’s Dialogue Series, the free screening features guest […]

The Asbury Park Complete Streets Coalition will host a Light Up The Night community bike ride 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The grassroots organization, which formed during the summer of 2015, works to make city streets safe for all who use them. Their steering committee is comprised of Paula ‘Polli’ Schildge, Pam Lamberton, Doug McQueen, John Grant, […]

The distressed swimmer rescued off the Deal Lake Drive beach Wednesday afternoon has died, Asbury Park Deputy Police Chief David Kelso has confirmed. “The family decided to have the victim removed from life support this morning at 6:40 .m.,” Kelso said. The City’s police and fire departments responded near 3:11 p.m. Wednesday to a report of […]

High Voltage Café is the latest victim in a spate of burglaries occurring in Asbury Park. Officers were called to the Asbury Park boardwalk venue, located at 800 Ocean Ave, near 6:27 a.m. Wednesday, Asbury Park Police Department Spokesman Sgt. Michael Casey said. “Entry was gained through a broken glass door on the boardwalk,” Casey […]

The Asbury Park Fire Department pulled a distressed swimmer to shore Wednesday afternoon, department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr. said. Firefighters, trained in water rescue, responded to a 3:11 p.m. report of two distressed swimmers in the surf off the Deal Lake Drive beach,Giberson said. Asbury Park Police Department spokesman Sgt Michael Casey has identified the […]

Asbury Park Police Department has filed charges against four people in connection to a spate of burglaries across the city, Deputy Police Chief David Kelso said. Detectives conducting investigation into a total of eight breaking and entering incidents have charged the following: Michael T Upshar, 52, with a last known address on Washington Avenue, is […]

Lifelong Asbury Park artist Charles Trott lives by one edict – Before we were Europeans, Asians, Africans or Americans, we were humans. The retired arts educator will unveil his latest project, Cuba and Puerto Rico – Two Wings of the Same Bird, from 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Asbury Park Library, located 500 […]