College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Public Charter School will open August 28 despite its pending hearings before the Zoning Board of Adjustment, founder Michael Piscal said. The charter school is currently seeking a use determination to open a second location inside First Baptist Church at 508 Grand Ave. But a challenge of the school’s right […]

In an almost unprecedented move, the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association, in conjunction with the the Monmouth County Conference of PBA’s, came out early in the campaign cycle to endorse Democratic Senate candidate Vin Gopal and Assembly incumbents Joann Downey and Eric Houghtaling [D-11] on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. “We are out early in […]

GIFT has landed on the Asbury Park boardwalk. A collaboration between boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette, Parlor Gallery and the Wooden Walls project, GIFT is a new hub for art and culture within the city. The gallery/workspace/ gift shop is located in the Fourth Avenue Pavilion at 1100 Ocean Avenue. The concept is a build out […]

The Asbury Park City Council is currently seeking application for a seat on its Zoning Board of Adjustment. The seat became vacant with the resignation of member Joe Grillo, who has stepped down to focus attention on his seat on the Asbury Park Board of Education. Grillo is also Chair of the local Democratic Committee. […]

Saturday’s Universal African Heritage Festival marked the return of a cultural celebration that left the city close to 20 years ago, said founder BiBi Bennett, a special needs educator in the Asbury Park School District. “This was something I felt needed to come back to the community, especially for the children,” Bennett said. “I find […]

The Annual Asbury Park Oysterfest returns Sept 8 to 10 with a new location, lineup, and offerings. The three day culinary fest is the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce signature fundraising event, bringing together music and an array of vendors at summer’s end. Executive Director Sylvia Silvia-Cioffi [at right] said there are number of initiatives […]

The demolition of Boston Way is now underway.   The $28 million project marks more than the redevelopment of a long vacant Asbury Park Housing Authority [APHA] complex, but also the start of revitalization in the southwest neighborhood and control of its destiny moving forward, officials said. The redevelopment features 21 one-bedroom, 62 two-bedroom, and 21 […]

In Tonight And Every Night, a 22-minute short, filmmaker Christine Eliopoulos presents a personal and hopeful reflection inspired by her father’s own battle with dementia. Dementia is a disease that affects an estimated 5.5 million people across the nation; 5.3 million of them over the age of 65, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Joe Cortese […]

Letting one’s voice be heard and counted is not an uncommon thing in Asbury Park. This year alone, there have been a host of marches and rallies held in support of environmental protection, LGBT and Women’s rights, to name a few. Each has drawn crowds numbering in hundreds, if not the thousands. So it came […]

Teaming up with the federal Veteran’s Administration, in conjunction with mental health and rehabilitation providers, the Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Thursday evening the launch of a Veterans Diversion Program [VDP]. Under the new program, active and former service members suffering from a mental condition related to their military service and charged with […]