The Asbury Park Recreation gathered at Springwood Avenue Park 12:30 p.m. Thursday for their annual Mayor’s End of Summer Recognition celebration. “This is one of the best events I’ve seen in my 28 years of teaching,” said Councilman Jesse Kendle, Chair of the city’s Recreation Committee. Launching immediately after the school year ended the Asbury Park […]

The Asbury Park Harold Daley VFW Post 1333 hosted the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission’s [MVC] formal announcement that disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients will no longer pay municipal parking fees. “What we are doing here today is the result of a change of a law,” MVC Chair and Chief Administrator Raymond Martinez said […]

New Orleans brass sensations The Soul Rebels will headline this year’s Halfway 2 Mardis Gras event at The Anchor’s Bend, located in Convention Hall. This is the band the Village Voice called the missing link between Public Enemy and Louis Armstrong. Comprised of eight brass players, the ensemble has been basking in global recognition following […]

Madison Marquette’s Fourth Avenue Pavilion redesign was unveiled Tuesday before the city’s Technical Review Committee [TRC], an advisory subcommittee comprised of Planning Board members charged with vetting application within the waterfront redevelopment zone. Located across the street from 1101 Ocean, waterfront redeveloper iStar’s current 17-story high rise project, the boardwalk redeveloper presented a plan that […]

Retired pro basketball player Kym Hampton made a special trip to Asbury Park School District’s Thurgood Marshall and Bradley Elementary schools Wednesday afternoon.   The visit to the city’s summer recreation program was facilitated in part by by friend Connie Breech of the Asbury Park Police Department and Board of Education, and program head Genise […]

An estimated 500 residents turned out for Tuesday night’s National Night Out event hosted by the City and the Asbury Park Police Department. “I think it’s one our most attended [Night Out] events in recent years, Police Department head Deputy Chief David Kelso said. Masters of ceremony was Pastor Lyddale Akins of Triumphant Life Church […]

[Correction: An early version of this story said the fire occurred 11 p.m Wednesday instead of Tuesday]. The family displaced by by Tuesday night fire say they will stay with family until they can find more permanent shelter. The nine member family returned Wednesday to gather personal belongings and begin the process of remediation at […]

Asbury Park’s health and wellness corridor is spreading its roots. Hot Yoga has opened on Lake Avenue in the form of Powerflow Yoga, a studio featuring their signature vigorous form of Vinyasa yoga performed in a studio that is heated to 98 degrees Fahrenheit and 40 percent humidity. The studio, nestled between Shoppes At The Arcade […]

Wells Fargo Housing Foundation officials attended Monday night’s free concert at Springwood Avenue Park to make a special announcement – Interfaith Neighbors is the recipient of a $93 thousand planning grant. The funding brings the bank’s charitable organization’s financial commitment in the city up to $1.3 million since 2007, officials said. “We’ve worked with Interfaith […]

The Asbury Park Democratic Committee has unanimously voted in two new district representatives. Each of Asbury Park’s nine voting districts are represented by two city residents. Monmouth County Democrats bylaws allowed Chairman Joe Grillo to make the recommendation to appoint Linda Phillips and Andrew Chambarry, who replace Lynn Wilson and Joseph Pepe in the 7th […]