Nine music industry professionals and performers who helped influence the City’s music scene and global legacy will be honored Saturday on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. Selected by the Asbury Angels Project, plaques donning their names will be added to the “Boardwalk of Fame,” which currently honors 40 musicians, tech support personnel, DJs, journalists, club owners, […]

The Fifth season of Lights! Camera! Politics! film Series kicks off next month at the historic Stephen Crane House, located on Fourth Avenue. This time around, the monthly fall series is themed “The Revolution: People, Power & Politics,” said former Mayor Ed Johnson, who created the series. Each film focuses on historical movements that influenced […]

A summons for an open alcohol container in a motor vehicle led to the drug and handgun possession arrest of a man attempting to thwart the charges, Asbury Park Police Department spokesman Sgt. Michael Casey said. The vehicle’s driver, Noemi Sanchez, 39, of Neptune City was arrested on an Eatontown warrant but passenger  Tyshawn Downey, […]

A self described homeless drifter has been arrested in connection with a Sunday morning burglary at Les Bodega, the convenience store adjacent to the Empress Hotel at 101 Asbury Avenue, Asbury Park Police Department spokesman Sgt. Michael Casey said. Ernest Lathon, 39, was charged with obstruction [from an earlier incident], burglary and theft. Police officials […]

A distressed swimmer was safely rescued by two fire department assigned rescue swimmers, Asbury Park Fire Department spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr said. The dispatch call, which came in at 3:05 p.m., reported that three swimmers were in distress on the Second Avenue beach in front of The Stone Pony, Giberson said. Firefighters Ryan Matthews and […]

Asbury Park’s own restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach will be honored during next month’s New Jersey Small Business Development Center [NJSBDC] event at the legendary Stone Pony. Schlossbach, the Executive Chef and Owner of Langosta Lounge, Pop’s Garage, Asbury Park Yacht Club, Labrador Lounge, What’s Your Beef and Marilyn Schlossbach Catering and Events, will receive the Humanitarianism […]

Asbury Park’s creative duo Patrick Schiavino and Brittany James will debut a retrospective aptly named Metamorphosis Saturday at art629 Gallery on Cookman Avenue. Schiavino and James live and make their art at the downtown space. And even though the duo take different approaches to their creative styles, they are both influenced by the beauty and […]

As a nod to the City’s creative spirit and a statement that redevelopment plans are underway as planned, waterfront redeveloper iStar will light the crane currently at work at its 1101 Ocean project in time for this weekend’s Oysterfest, a company spokesperson said. “Successful redevelopment along the Asbury Park waterfront, especially on the former Esperanza […]

There’s been a few changes this summer along Asbury Park’s busy downtown Cookman Avenue corridor, and to the views along the way. New to the landscape are everything from the State’s first cat cafe to luxury homes from waterfront redeveloper iStar, located just off the beaten path.   From Larry Cadillac [at right], owner of Asbury […]

The first day of school in the Asbury Park School District came with a new theme at Barack Obama Elementary. “This is a new super school year,” Principal Reginald Mirthil said. “The theme for this school year is HERO – helpful, engaged, respectful and on task.” To further the new directive, the faculty wore superhero […]