The original Weather Girl – Martha Wash will headline the return of The Asbury’s Black and Gold Ball Saturday. “The late ‘80s and ‘90s were definitely good eras for super strong performers,” said Joshua J. Ballard, the Salt Hotels Corporate Director of Programming. The Asbury is a Salt Hotel run venue. “You don’t see as […]

The Deal Lake Commission Fall Cleanup will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, expanding into a collaborative effort to also rid Sunset and Wesley lakes of debris, Commissioner Don Brockel said. The event draws a host of area residents, Monmouth University students and faculty volunteers, who will be joined this year by not […]

The Asbury Park City Council will meet Wednesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. There will be a 4:30 p.m. closed executive session. The public meetings begin at 6 p.m. with a  workshop session and is followed by the 7 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting. Public participation takes place at […]

Monmouth County-based scratch bakery and specialty coffee roaster Booskerdoo Coffee & Baking Co will bring back its free Thanksgiving Dessert Tasting Day on Nov 4 & 5. “This event is so much fun because we get to soak in everyone’s enjoyment of that November mood of the Thanksgiving season,” co-owner and head baker Amelia Caverly […]

Forty-something-year-old Sofia Catherwood adopts a dog during Wonder Bar’s popular Yappy Hour and her jogging route takes her through Ocean Grove into Asbury Park. The protagonist in The Summer Springsteen’s Songs Saved Me is struggling to overcome a failed marriage and a darkness that crowds her mind, author Barbara Quinn said. A self admitted dedicated […]

Asbury Park boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette has announced a partnership with Newark-based New Jersey Performing Arts Center [NJPAC]. The agreement will not only increase the entertainment bookings at Convention Hall and the Paramount Theatre, it will serve as an opportunity to grow the operational capacities of the historic venues, according to a news release. Madison Marquette […]

Over 200 participated in the return of the Toast Pancake Run, held 8 a.m. Sunday in support of Root To Rise, a local nonprofit that provides free health-based resources, services, and support to those in recovery and with mental health issues. Among them was first time 5k race runner Janie Marcus, 7, of Ocean Township, […]

The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword, Asbury Park School District documentary took top honors during this weekend’s 15th Annual Pocono Film Festival, held Saturday at the Poconos Mount Airy Casino and Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa. Founded by Bridget O. Davis, a registered ER nurse, author and founder of the Brown Girl Book Club, […]

Can someone who has a street named after her and a nationally syndicated daytime television show, sneak into town without a crowd milling about — the answer is an unequivocal no. Wendy Williams came home Friday to tape a show on fire safety, which is due to air on Nov. 1, Asbury Park Fire Department […]

A National Survey by the Human Rights Campaign shows the Asbury Park has made strides in a scorecard that measures LGBTQ inclusivity in city laws and policies, municipal officials announced Friday. “The LGBTQ community has been a long-standing part of Asbury Park’s history, and an instrumental part of the City’s current period of revitalization and […]