With a mission to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit that helped to revitalize Asbury Park, the local Business Committee will host ‘Asbury Essentials’ from 5 to 9 pm June 18 at the Asbury Park Transportation Center, the official gateway to the city located at 1 Municipal Plaza. And with a style and flare that can only […]

For over 10 years and counting, 83-year-old Ken Roth has greeted those who descend from the southbound NJ Transit train at Asbury Park’s Transportation Center. A lifetime member of the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce, Roth said greeting visitors from 11 am to 2 pm Saturday and Sunday from Memorial Day weekend through Labor began […]

The Asbury Park City Council is in the final stages of developing two new programs that will help stay parking and traffic congestion with in the 1.4 square mile increasingly popular beach community. Transportation Manager Michael Manzella has laid out what he calls high visibility and in demand locations for the car share program stations […]

Food trucks, a public art gallery and new vendors are all a part of an immediate plan to revamp the municipal-owned Transportation Center, located at the corner of Main Street and Springwood Avenue. In a presentation to the City Council Wednesday, Planning and Redevelopment Director Michele Alonso said the plan was launched in part because […]

A draft Master Plan Reexamination report will be unveiled 7 p.m. Sept. 18 and the public will have an opportunity to ask questions and share comments, officials have announced. The Master Plan is a comprehensive outline of the city’s long-range land use vision moving forward. The examination was led by a subcommittee comprised of Chair […]

The Arts Coalition of Asbury Park [ArtsCAP] has commissioned local artist Patricia Arroyo to add her talent to the Asbury Park Transportation Center, located at Main Street and Springwood Avenue. Arroyo will work with local kids to paint the mural [shown in featured photo] inside the Asbury Park Transportation Center, organizers said. The mural, the […]

Travelers to Asbury Park who are unfamiliar with the city’s layout will no longer have to seek another human out to be pointed in the right direction when they disembark from the train. The Asbury Park City Council approved new signage for the interior of the Asbury Park Transportation Center at Wednesday’s council meeting. Signs […]