It’s a Jersey Shore tradition to inscribe memorials for the deceased on the sides of boardwalk benches. This weekend, that tradition is taking on its own Asbury flavor with the Boardwalk of Fame. A ceremony marking the new project will take place on the boardwalk this Sunday, Sept. 23. The program is intended to honor […]

Two boardwalk businesses — Siculiana’s Pizza and  Sully’s Beach House, Bagels and Ice Cream — have closed their doors. The boardwalk leases run from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, and it was agreed that the two businesses would not continue after the summer season, said Carrie Turner, director of retail for boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette. […]

A $50,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] was used to fortify the boardwalk the week before the Bamboozle music festival in May, according to city manager Terence Reidy. The grant was one of 25 awarded to municipalities for infrastructure repairs and announced by NJDOT on Sept. 12. The city used the […]

A beachfront search for the lost New Era monument yielded no results this weekend, and the Asbury Park Historical Society [APHS] is looking at replicating the 19th-century artifact. Asbury Park’s founder, James A. Bradley, erected the monument to the New Era shipwreck in around 1893, APHS member Don Stine said. The year after its installation, […]

Labor Day Weekend has come and gone but at the Asbury Park boardwalk, locals and visitors alike can have one last taste of summer at the Endless Summer Tiki Weekend. This is the second annual Tiki Weekend, according to Amanda DiRobella of boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette. The event began last year as a collaboration between […]

Although national issues were at the forefront during a press conference for Governor Chris Christie at the boardwalk today, the governor expressed optimism about the Jersey Shore and Asbury Park. The governor’s office billed the event as a Promoting the Jersey Shore Press Conference in emails. Christie started the conference at 3 p.m. with a […]

An antiquated ordinance that brought the city national media attention was formally repealed after a unanimous vote from the city council at last night’s meeting. The ban on bathing attire on the boardwalk went into effect in 1958 and city resident Louise Murray recently implored the council to begin enforcing it again. The story ignited […]

Workers are installing new street lights on Cookman Avenue as part of a streetscape program designed to better link the waterfront and downtown business district. The streetscape project started in the spring. Waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners is paying for the improvements, with the goal of making this barren stretch of Cookman more pedestrian-friendly. Installing the […]

With two days to go until the Bamboozle music festival commences on the Asbury Park waterfront, the event area is a hub of activity. Workers were on the scene early this morning finalizing the construction of the Bamboozle main stage, shown above, which straddles the boardwalk just south of the Asbury Towers senior citizen high […]

The city council is scheduled to begin discussions tonight on extending or making permanent a pilot program to allow dogs on all areas of the city’s boardwalk in the off-season from Oct. 1 through April 30. The current program expires on April 30, according to city attorney Frederick Raffetto. The question for the council will […]