If you are suddenly seeing pink in Asbury Park this Saturday let it trigger one thought – the importance of yearly mammograms. The city will adhorn itself in pink for Meridian Health’s annual Paint the Town Pink campaign. [Above, a 2013 photo of Asbury Park Fire Department participating in awareness campaign]. The spring event focuses […]

Lake Avenue’s Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten is joining the support for Nepal Earthquake Relief. Along with their sister restaurant, Pilsener Haus & Biergarten of Hoboken, 10 percent of today and Thursday’s gross sales will go to Global Giving’s Nepal relief efforts, according to a statement sent this afternoon. Today, BBC News reported relief is starting […]

The Planning Board Monday approved boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette’s proposal to construct a temporary food truck court at a northern section of the waterfront. Six food trucks will be stationed along the open space area adjacent to the boardwalk near Seventh Avenue, just past the North Beach condominiums. The food truck court [shown at right […]

Three temporary parking lots approved during Monday night’s Planning Board meeting are expected to launch in time for the summer season. Presented by waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial, the parking lots are meant to help alleviate parking constraints brought on by the city’s revitalization. This winter, residents and business owners voiced concerns about increasingly limited parking […]

Below is a list of Allenhurst Police Department crime reports from April 6 to 26: APRIL 6 •Police took a report of a theft that took place at an Allen Avenue construction site. Police are asking all residents to report any individuals seen in/or around any construction site in town, after normal working hours. Captain […]

A forty seven year old Asbury Park man was charged with burglary and theft for allegedly breaking a plate glass window at Porta last week and making off with two three-quarter liter bottles of “Llords triple sec and Stoli Orange vodka,” according to a criminal complaint filed by Asbury Park police. Daniel Sweeney, 213 Second […]

The City Council has put forth a municipal budget that results in a $166 increase to the average home owner. The 1.28 municipal tax rate will remain the same as last year, Chief Municiapl Financial Officer Ricky Gartz said. “The average homeowner will see an increase of approximately $166 due to the average assessed value […]

Patrons Saturday and Sunday got their first taste of the roof top deck at the Asbury Festhalle and Biergarten that can hold up to 466 people. The roof deck was open from noon to 9 p.m. on both days under a temporary certificate of occupancy [CO], according to Jennifer Lampert, a managing partner of the […]

Local Developer Pat Fasano this week crossed the first hurdle needed to open an outdoor barbeque area, complete with smoker, at Asbury Lanes. The City Council, which must approve Fasano’s plans before they advance to the Planning Board, voted Wednesday to approve an escrow account to cover municipal costs associated with the project. The project […]

Asbury Park police have issued an advisory to expect minor traffic delays in the city on Sunday due to the Jersey Shore Marathon. Delays are expected between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. when the marathon passes through Asbury Park, according to the alert. Areas affected are Deal Lake Drive, Ocean Avenue, Lake Avenue and the […]