The Starving Artist Restaurant’s Summer Theater brings back its live outdoor performance this weekend. It’s a Musical…Revue, a nod to Broadway musicals past and present, opens 7:30 p.m. Friday and will run through July 8, organizers said. The revue will feature renditions of acclaimed Broadway titles from The Sound of Music to Purlie, Sweeney Todd […]

This week marked the fourth year a group of Jersey Shore residents have been meeting Tuesday nights throughout the summer in Library Square Park. They hail from Bradley Beach to Red Bank and Lakewood, spread their blankets, set up portable chairs, distribute snacks and water and snacks before getting down to fellowship. Led by Rev. […]

A standing room only crowd packed the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting room Tuesday as College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School officials began their request for use variance, needed to house the newly launched charter school’s grades K to 3 students at First Baptist Church, located at 508 Third Avenue. Among those in the […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to 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 […]

City officials have announced the award of a $237,000 Transportation Alternatives Program [TAP] grant for Main Street. The city’s main corridor [owned by the state] is one of only 27 projects totaling $19.46 million awarded by the Federal Highway Administration of the US Department of Transportation. “Main Street is one of Asbury Park’s biggest and […]

Music Mondays at Springwood Avenue Park kicked off with hundreds turning out for performances by headliner Gary U.S. Bonds and opener Laura Crisci & PK Lavengood. Organizers said it was one of the highest attendance numbers on record, since the free music concert series began. Sponsored by the Asbury Park Music Foundation, a nonprofit that provides […]

My family laughs at me when they realize that on many mornings I wake up early with a thought, an idea, a suggestion that I feel compelled to share with others. This morning it is 4:15 a.m. as I begin this letter. I hope my Asbury Park family does not laugh at me and dismiss […]

Two Fourth of July weekend events were announced Monday. While the Remember Jones July 4th EP Release show at The Asbury has sold out, organizers have added a second show, to be held 7 p.m. July 3 at the Baronet rooftop bar. The local 15-piece band will debut Tranquilizer, a follow up to the highly acclaimed […]

An update of the Asbury Park West Side Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan will be unveiled next month. The plan, which aims to transform Lincoln Village and the southwest quadrant into a place of opportunity and economic growth, is funded by a $500,000 Housing and Urban Development [HUD] grant. City and Housing Authority officials have been […]

A two hour meeting held this past week allowed public input on the current Master Plan Reexamination Report being formulated by the city. The report is the first step in updating the existing plan, in pace since 2006. Councilwoman Eileen Chapman opened the meeting by saying “We’d like to have everyone’s input, everyone’s thoughts and […]