Shore Flicks is setting up its giant screen on the Asbury Park beach again this summer, showing weekly movies on the sand in front of Langosta Lounge every Thursday in July and August. “In the aftermath of Sandy, we couldn’t be more thrilled about being back on the beaches and in the parks,” said Shore […]

Pending the adoption of an ordinance, Asbury Park will join a beach replenishment project covering much of Monmouth County’s coastline. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the federal government’s Army Corps of Engineers have an agreement in place to perform a replenishment project whereby they import sand from farther out in the ocean […]

An estimated 1,000 students from middle school through college pitched in to plant dune grasses and install snow fencing at North End beach this week. Starting on Monday, 200 to 300 college students from Rutgers University, Montclair University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and the United States Naval Academy joined organizer Tim Donnelly and other […]

The city plans to rebuild dunes at the north and south ends of town, but will not build dunes elsewhere on the beach front. Head lifeguard Joe Bongiovanni and city engineer Joe Cunha advised the city council on what to do about the dunes at last night’s council meeting. Before Hurricane Sandy struck on Oct. […]

Temperatures are plummeting at the Jersey Shore. But for those who have summer on the brain, beach badge certificates for the 2013 season are on sale at City Hall. The city makes badges available this time of year so that they can be given as holiday gifts, city manager Terence Reidy said. “Especially after having […]

The city council last night voted unanimously to rescind the bond ordinance that would have enabled the city to borrow $1 million to make up for a budgetary shortfall in that amount. A $1 million shortfall in the health care line item of the city’s 2012 municipal budget was announced at the Sept. 19 meeting. […]

After years of allowing many fitness groups to access the beach unfettered, the city will likely create an official policy for people holding beachfront yoga and exercise classes by next year. City director of commerce and economic development Tom Gilmour is currently drafting a policy, and he expects it to be complete by October. It […]

Izameke Legagneur dropped out of high school a few years ago. But thanks to a local organization, he is working toward his goal of attending trade school for electrician and HVAC work. Legagneur is one of the local young adults who gain work experience through community service in the New Jersey Youth Corps. The Corps […]

Hundreds of people held signs and chanted, “Our beach,” at a rally Saturday to save the North End beach area from the Bradley Cove townhouse development. The event, which was preceded by a dune-grass planting, drew close to 300 supporters. Representatives from the American Littoral Society, Clean Ocean Action, Surfrider Foundation and Citizens for Oceanfront […]