Offering fitness that moves at the client’s pace, Live Life Moving opens the new year with an expansion of its services. The Pilates and Fitness Studio, located at the northeast corner of Bangs Avenue and Emory Street, opened Memorial Day Weekend last year.  This month, the studio’s expansion translates into larger groups for cycling, group […]

From surf to skate and onto snow, Red Bull Switchboard launches Saturday on the shores of Asbury Park. “It’s a bucket-list day, where board sports enthusiasts have the opportunity to surf and skate in the morning and snowboard in the afternoon,” Madison Marquette Director of Communication Adam Nelson said. And while tickets to register as […]

Two township residents were arrested Wednesday night on drug and gun charges following a motor vehicle stop for an expired registration, according to Ocean Township Police. Jennifer McDermott, 48, was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of a weapon, while passenger Jose Mendez, 28, was charged with possession of […]

While it’s just one year since Elizabeth De La Pena joined forces with Ayca User to launch La Belle Fête event, she is no stranger to the hospitality industry. A Rumson native living in Atlantic Highlands, De La Pena spent her half her childhood at her father’s hotel in Mexico watching him plan events. “My […]

In 2009, Asbury Park resident Jon Biondo and two friends embarked on a trip to the Sub-Saharan African nation of Malawi. A former British colony, one million of the the landlocked nation’s population are children orphaned by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Biondo, then practicing law in New York, was fulfilling the wish of a long time […]

Inspired by the local and global Women’s March, the Asbury Park Education Justice Collective has announced on open discussion event on the importance of men [any male identified person] taking up feminism. “We will talk about first, second, and third wave, women of color feminism, and why straight, gay, and queer men need a feminist praxis,” […]

TEDxNavesink has announced four participants from its Open Mic Auditions, held Jan 20 at the iconic Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, will be a part its annual TED Talks event on May 20. They are: Eric Burdge of Rumson [at right], who delivered talked about his off the beaten path road to becoming a master […]

The initial design Carter Sackman and his team presented before the Planning Board Monday night for a 60-unit residential complex on Lake Avenue was not the design the board members ultimately affirmed. The project, located at 545 Lake Ave, aims to transform the existing 59-stall parking lot between the Asbury Park Festhalle & Biergarten and […]

The Monmouth County Democrats County Committee unanimously elected David G Brown II as its Chairman Monday night. The Long Branch native takes over the position left open by former Chair Vin Gopal, who stepped down to run for State Senate. Brown, who has been a Long Branch Democratic Party volunteer for over a decade, served […]

‘Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou was embraced as an anthem at the Asbury Park School District and with a year of accolades, reaching educational benchmarks, and the creation of programs that address a student’s holistic needs, 2017 may prove to be an ‘Ain’t No Stopping Us Now,’ kind of year. “We have embarked on […]