The Asbury Park City Council honored a set of volunteer who tend to the city’s gardens and open space areas this week. Led by Tom Pivinski, the members of the Environmental and Shade Tree Commission [ESTC] were presented with a Proclamation that honored their ‘years of dedicated service.’ “The City of Asbury Park has been […]

The Asbury Park Environmental Shade and Tree Commission has launched a ‘Friends of’ 501(c)(3) nonprofit arm to help with the funding of their city-wide greening projects. “This has come about to continue the Asbury Park Environmental Shade Tree Commission’s [ESTC] commitment to further the beauty and health of our city,” chair Tom Pivinski said in […]

Did you know today is national Parking Day. Yes, such a thing exists and it’s being celebrated here in Asbury Park, where like most Jersey Shore beach communities, a limited amount of supply has yet to meet the growing demand. So, if you happen past Cookman Avenue’s art block that houses Parlor Gallery and The ShowRoom, […]

Earth Day celebrations, in part, may have been postponed by a day due to inclement weather but that did not stop hundreds from turning out Sunday in support of a collaborative mission to preserve local [and global] environmental resources. The day began with hundreds gathering for the Earth Day Creative Protest at Sixth Avenue beach […]

Fall is here and for many of thus this means putting our gardens to bed for the winter. The Environmental Shade Tree Commission [ESTC] is in the same boat. Over the next few weekends, the ESTC will be clearing, cleaning, planting, and putting gardens to bed for the winter. Volunteers are needed from 9 to […]