The Monmouth County DWI Task force will conduct a checkpoint to detect drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs on Friday, August 1, according to Brielle Police Chief Michael W. Palmer. The checkpoint will run from 11 p.m. Friday through 3 a.m. Saturday on Route 35. Task force members and officers from the Ocean Township Police Department […]

Master waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial is currently exploring options on how to preserve Asbury Lanes, a retro bowling alley built in 1961 that has been operating as a music venue for the past ten years. IStar has submitted plans to the city to develop a 110-room boutique hotel in the long-vacant Salvation Army building on […]

City resident and West Side activist Daniel Harris III [at right] has made a decision not to run in the upcoming City Council election. Harris ran with the “A-Team” ticket in the May 2013 election and was expected to run with a similar ticket this November. All five council seats are up for grabs in […]

City officials are in the midst of reviewing sections of agreements drawn up with waterfront redevelopers that outline developers’ responsibilities to hire local workers and purchase local building products. The agreements with master waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners [majority owned by iStar Financial] and boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette contain language that the developers make efforts to […]

Asbury Park Mayor Myra Campbell’s attempt to fight a parking ticket issued while her car was parked on the sidewalk adjacent to the front of the Paramount Theatre has proved unsuccessful. Campbell [at right] was issued the ticket while  judging the Asbury Park Easter Pageant held in Convention Hall on April 20. The case was […]

The Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce has chosen their next foes in the city’s Fourth Annual Pedal Boat Race set for Tuesday, July 29. Representatives from the Chamber of Commerce will team up with Asbury Park city officials and administration to face off against Neptune Township Mayor Michael Brantley and Township Committee members. The race, […]

Breathing new life into the long-vacant Salvation Army building is the next project master redeveloper iStar Residential hopes to undertake along the Asbury Park waterfront. Through adaptive re-use, iStar intends to revamp the decades-old structure into an 110-room boutique hotel with an outdoor swimming pool, bars and both indoor and outdoor event facilities — which will […]

New Jersey state Senator Jennifer Beck Tuesday toured three train stations in the Eleventh District with NJ Transit Executive Director, Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim, and members of her staff. Hakim [shown above, at far right] expressed interest in visiting the district and seeing its train stations when the two shared previous correspondence in the spring, according to […]

New Jersey state Senator Jennifer Beck and U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone have both endorsed the city’s effort to secure Green Acres funds for the preservation of an area on the city’s northern beachfront. The two have submitted individual letters of support addressed to Martha Sapp, the acting administrator of the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Green […]

The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has indicated they will support the city’s effort to secure Green Acres funds for the preservation of an area on the city’s northern beachfront. At the July 10 Freeholder meeting, Freeholder Director Lillian Burry stated she instructed both Ed Sampson, director of the County Planning Board, and James Truncer, director […]