With the city’s ban on office space on the ground floor of Cookman Avenue, a local advertising agency was told on Friday to remove their signage and vacate the premises at 716 Cookman Avenue. Marshall, Jackson & Partners advertising agency had shared the space with Image Tech Photo Studio and Kiss My Art, an art […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: My family has been a part of this community for over 100 years and I have been a resident of Asbury Park for 79 years. I’ve seen this city’s ups and its downs. I served on the city council for four years and on the police force for 29 years. […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: An established record of achievement is exactly why I support the Forward Asbury Park team. Our city has once again become a home that we can be proud of, a destination that attracts visitors and a model of development as the comeback city of the Jersey Shore. None of it […]

Rehabilitation of the building that houses the historic Savoy Theatre could start as soon as May 1, as the planning board approved developer Carter Sackman’s plans for the project at its March 11 meeting. “I’m very excited about the project,” Sackman said yesterday. “I think restoring the Savoy Theatre and having a venue in the […]

Blue and orange paint now adorns the crosswalks near the Wesley Grove condominiums on Cookman Avenue on a trial basis, as a plan the council approved in August has come to fruition. The crosswalks at Heck Street and Monroe and Cookman avenues were implemented last week by waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial. The redeveloper brought the […]

Demolition of two buildings located in the former stump yard on Cookman Avenue began today. Crews started to demolish the two structures, located on a block between the Wesley Grove condominiums and Kennedy Park, at about 9 a.m. this morning. The larger structure with white awnings has functioned as both a bank and the local […]

The northern beachfront entryway to Asbury Park has just been spruced up. At the Loch Arbour entrance to Asbury Park, waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners last week installed trees and a mix of stone, grass and various shrubs. The improvements are part of the redeveloper’s ongoing streetscape program, according to Brian Cheripka, vice president of land […]

Workers yesterday began chopping the tops off of the wood pilings in the Cookman Avenue lot known by locals as the stump yard. The property, which is owned by master redeveloper Asbury Partners, is a vacant lot full of wooden pilings whose tops are visible above the ground. Some of the stumps are adorned with […]

Starting this month, cyclists will have an easier time securing their bikes while they peruse all downtown Asbury Park has to offer. The city is set to install 14 new bicycle racks around the central business district [CBD], according to Chamber of Commerce executive director Jackie Pappas. If weather permits, installation will begin next week. […]

The new streetlights on Cookman Avenue between the downtown business district and the waterfront are now installed and operational. The lighting is part of a streetscape program designed to make this barren stretch of Cookman more pedestrian-friendly. There are now eight new streetlights, along with new sidewalks, in the vacant stretch of Cookman where dilapidated […]