The student organized and led March For Our Lives event occurring noon Saturday in Asbury Park will kick off from Library Square Park, traverse down to and then along the Asbury Park boardwalk to Bradley Park, according to Mark McDonald – one of the few adults aiding Asbury Park, Ocean Township and Long Branch youth. […]

The rain or shine Deal Lake Clean-up planned for Saturday has been postponed by the snow, Deal Lake Commission Chair Don Brockel said. “Even though the snow will probably melt along the south side of the lake where we do the clean up, I had to make the call now,” he said of opting to […]

The local group advocating for safer streets for all who use them will received its second state recognition this weekend. In October the Asbury Park Complete Streets Coalition was awarded a Champion Award during the State Department of Transportation’s Complete Streets Summit. Now the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition will recognize the advocacy group […]

The idiom a dog’s life does not apply to canines boarding at Green Leaf, the new pet resort that has opened on Route 35. With services that include personalized boarding and daycare, grooming, and obedience training, this 36,000 square foot luxury facility boasts an aquatic center, complete with a 24’ x 50’ heated saltwater pool […]

Winter will not go gently as the sun crosses the celestial equator. The consolidation of a pair of low pressure systems culminating in major coastal storm Toby late Tuesday into Wednesday has prompted local advisories of schedule changes and closures. According to the Asbury Park Police Department, this will mean mixed precipitation today and tonight, […]

In preparation of the Asbury Lanes reopening hotelier David Bowd and the city’s master waterfront redeveloper iStar have announced a third installment of the Salt School Program. The free hospitality training program launched in 2016 in preparation for the opening of The Asbury, the city’s newest hotel and entertainment venue, located at 210 Fifth Avenue. […]

City elder Rev. Gil Caldwell is most known as a civil rights activist; marching along Rev. Martin Luther King Jr who he first met in 1958, having been jailed for publicly supporting equal rights, and being turned away from a Pennsylvania hotel during his honeymoon with wife Grace. The retired United Methodist Church minister, who […]

A man who attempted to forcibly steal a drone from the Target on Route 66 was apprehended in the store’s parking lot, according to a news release from the Ocean Township Police Department. Junior Manasse 29, of Long Branch was charged with robbery, possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, […]

The 83rd Easter Pageant Parade returns 1 to 3 p.m. April 1 in front of the historic Paramount Theatre at Convention Hall on the Asbury Park boardwalk. The annual event is a popular best of contest with prizes given for everything from most creative bonnets to best dressed men, women, boys, girls, and families. “The […]

Des and the Swagmatics will headline the April 19 return of the Mayor’s Rodeo For Recreation, being held at the Stone Pony. First held in 2016, the event is the brainchild of Mayor John Moor, who has said he decided to opt out of the traditional Mayor’s Ball for a less casual evening in supports […]