There’s been new businesses and new facades of late on the first block of Cookman Avenue off Main Street. Our parent publication triCityNews refers to the block as the “Cookman Avenue Arts Block” because of its eclectic mix of businesses, business owners and architecture. For an Asbury Park Sun photo album of the businesses and […]

Silverball Pinball Museum is reopening this afternoon after Hurricane Sandy blew through the city in late October. The museum, full of modern and vintage machines, has been located on the boardwalk since the spring of 2010. “Over half of their storefront was blown in by Sandy, so they took in water and sand,” said Carrie […]

A well-known Asbury Park bar is reopening Saturday morning with a new look and feel. The Annex, sister bar to the Brickwall Tavern on Cookman Avenue, was closed Oct. 1 for remodeling. The Annex first opened in 2007. Previously, it was connected to The Brickwall through a sliding wooden door. The Annex was darkly lit […]

The status of Asbury Park post-hurricane was a subject on the Brian Lehrer show this morning on NPR affiliate WNYC. Lehrer’s guests were Asbury Park restaurant owner Marilyn Schlossbach, local clergyman Rev. Sony Augustin and triCityNews and Asbury Park Sun publisher Dan Jacobson. “This city dodged a bullet, and we’re very fortunate and lucky because […]

The city is borrowing about $850,000 to fund several projects that were previously approved by the council. These costs “had not [been] provided adequate liquidity or cash,” Kaplan said at the Dec. 5 council meeting. One ordinance was to fund the new senior center, built in the Springwood Center on Springwood Avenue. That project cost […]

The New York Times published an article today reporting that while many places on the Jersey Shore suffered devastation from Hurricane Sandy, others — such as Asbury Park, which the Times highlighted — largely escaped the destruction. “When you first revisit the Jersey Shore, the damage is shocking,” wrote Times reporter Helene Stapinski. “But amid […]

A record store selling vintage clothing, jewelry and collectable LPs is moving a few doors up the street on Cookman Avenue. Hold Fast records — owned by husband-and-wife team Joe Koukos [above] and Meghan Scott — will reopen on Saturday morning at 611 Cookman Ave. next to the Twisted Tree natural foods cafe. “It’s more […]

The city is looking to hire a financial consultant to assist with the acquisition of a lot on the corner of Bangs Avenue and Bond Street, where a public parking garage would be constructed. The city has been in negotiations to purchase the lot since June. It’s currently owned by Magyar Bank because its former […]

Construction at the Vive townhome site may recommence soon, as the city and waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial are close to finalizing an infrastructure agreement for the city’s entire waterfront area. The Vive project is linked to waterfront infrastructure because in arbitration between the city and iStar, it was decided that for iStar to retain its […]

Area restaurateur Tim McLoone hosted his radio show at his Asbury Park Boardwalk eatery yesterday, and hopes to make it a weekly tradition. McLoone started the show on Nov. 29, but because of damage to McLoone’s Supper Club on the boardwalk due to Hurricane Sandy, this was the first week he was able to hold […]