Pucker and Tony’s, two pop-ups serving classic boardwalk fare, will be up and running as soon as the boardwalk is ready, owner Kristina Bannon [pictured above] has said. Pucker, which serves lemonade and French fries, and Tony’s, which serves sausage sandwiches and steak sandwiches, sustained minimal damage in Hurricane Sandy, which struck on Oct. 29, […]

The city is shooting to reopen the boardwalk in time for Memorial Day Weekend — but the work schedule is tight, city engineer Joe Cunha has said. Portions of the boardwalk were damaged or destroyed due to Hurricane Sandy, which hit on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Officials are working on design plans right now and […]

Asbury Park Mayor Ed Johnson appeared on cable news channel MSNBC this morning to talk about congress’s failure to vote on a $60 billion relief plan for areas affected by Hurricane Sandy. The storm, which hit on Oct. 29, 2012, caused an estimated $50 billion of damage on the East Coast, according to MSNBC. In […]

Tonight’s Hurricane Sandy relief concert at Convention Hall is almost sold out, according to co-organizer Tim Donnelly. About 50 tickets are left for the event. My Morning Jacket and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band will headline, and Joseph Arthur, Nicole Atkins, River City Extension, the Tangiers Blues Band will perform. Since The Sun’s first story about On the Beach: A Sandy Relief […]

Monmouth County’s Republicans and Democrats united to fundraise for the first time in their history yesterday at the Stone Pony, and have collected $100,000 and counting for Sandy relief. “We took the governor’s and the president’s lead by forgetting about parties and doing what needs to be done,” Joe Grillo, executive director of the Monmouth […]

This Sunday, Republicans and Democrats in Monmouth County are putting their differences aside to raise money for Hurricane Sandy relief. “We’re putting politics aside in the name of disaster relief,” said Joe Grillo, chair of the Asbury Park Democrats and executive director of the Monmouth County Democrats, when planning began. “This is such a large […]

The substructure of part of the boardwalk needs complete replacement in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, according to city engineer Joe Cunha. The city council started the repair process by selecting a contractor for preliminary work at the Dec. 19 council meeting. “Essentially, the entire north section of the boardwalk remains relatively unscathed due to […]

Silverball Pinball Museum is reopening this afternoon after Hurricane Sandy blew through the city in late October. The museum, full of modern and vintage machines, has been located on the boardwalk since the spring of 2010. “Over half of their storefront was blown in by Sandy, so they took in water and sand,” said Carrie […]

The status of Asbury Park post-hurricane was a subject on the Brian Lehrer show this morning on NPR affiliate WNYC. Lehrer’s guests were Asbury Park restaurant owner Marilyn Schlossbach, local clergyman Rev. Sony Augustin and triCityNews and Asbury Park Sun publisher Dan Jacobson. “This city dodged a bullet, and we’re very fortunate and lucky because […]

The New York Times published an article today reporting that while many places on the Jersey Shore suffered devastation from Hurricane Sandy, others — such as Asbury Park, which the Times highlighted — largely escaped the destruction. “When you first revisit the Jersey Shore, the damage is shocking,” wrote Times reporter Helene Stapinski. “But amid […]