The final numbers aren’t in yet but by all preliminary accounts the City’s beach season turned out to be another record breaking year, Beach Manager Garrett Giberson Sr said. “It looks like we exceeded last year’s revenue slightly, which means we had another banner year,” Giberson said. “Our threshold for success is over $2 million […]

Asbury Park has won the NJ Sea Grant Consortium’s Favorite Monmouth County Beach accolade for the second year in a row. Celebrating its 10th year, the Sea Grant’s public poll garners thousands of voters each year, officials said. The survey was designed to encourage a little ‘friendly’ competition and camaraderie between popular Jersey Shore communities, […]

A news release issued Tuesday afternoon by the State’s Department of Community Affairs [DCA] praises Asbury Park for its financial independence, revitalization and job growth. On June 3, Asbury Park hosted its 27th annual Jersey Pride parade, drawing thousands of visitors to the popular shore town, the release stated. In attendance, Governor Phil Murphy said […]

A group of city volunteers work each year to beautify the beach and boardwalk amenities to ready for the summer season. Think spring cleaning AP beach style. What began in 2012 with a close to 40 volunteer crew working to refurbish and recolor city-owned booths, receptacles, and lifeguard benches, continues annually with a bit of […]

The City Council will vote Wednesday to create vendor fees for exercise programs along the beach. In response to increased early morning health and fitness program requests, the City Council will establish permit fees through an amendment to its existing special events guidelines. The city’s Director of Economic Development Tom Gilmour said recent requests include […]

The results are in for this year’s beach badge design contest, and Billy Mecca and Vivian Taormina have been named the winners. The Arts Council of Asbury Park [ArtsCAP] oversaw this year’s contest. Head lifeguard Joe Bongiovanni and Marshall Twinam of Marshall Jackson Partners, a local advertising agency, helped judge the 10 entries this year. […]

Among the most memorable lines of Governor Chris Christie’s tenure was his demand that sunbathers “get the hell off the beach in Asbury Park” as Hurricane Irene approached last summer. Christie will make the opposite pitch at a 3 p.m. news conference Monday at the Asbury Park boardwalk to promote the Jersey Shore, according to […]

A group of volunteers and students spent Saturday morning installing an acre of American beach grass at the North End beach. Preliminary work for this event started in October 2011. The dune grass planting was a collaboration between the American Littoral Society [ALS], the Asbury Park Environmental and Shade Tree Commission, the Asbury Park Department […]