Smash Mouth guitarist Sean Hurwitz will head to Asbury Park’s LakeHouse on July 25 and hand over two of his personal guitars to help aid young. local musicians. The guitars will benefit New Jersey non-profit The Project Matters’ new effort “Guitar Days,” which encourages musicians to donate new or lightly used guitars so they can […]

Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden Monday helped 40 Asbury Park senior citizens prepare themselves in the event of an emergency or natural disaster, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. The program, Seniors Taking on Readiness Measures, or STORM, is part of the county’s Office of Emergency Management [OEM]. The program equips those who […]

Two partners of the Asbury Festhalle and Biergarten are on their way to securing a second business in Asbury Park — Baca Sushi Bar and Sports Lounge. Andrej Ivanov and Ladiflav Sebestyen, also business partners in Hoboken’s Pilsener House and Biergarten, have “fallen in love with the historic gateway location where Baca has been suffering from […]

A locked bicycle taken from the 500 block of Bangs was recovered after the owner’s wife saw a man riding it the next day and alerted police. On Wednesday, July 9, a bicycle owner witnessed a man later identified as Borden Avenue resident Luis Antonio Vializ, 43, unlock his $1500 bike and ride away on […]

A 17-year-old Asbury Park resident was allegedly robbed at knifepoint early Thursday morning by an 18-year old Red Bank man and two juveniles while he was walking home from the train station. At approximately 12:30 a.m. the teen was confronted by three males who demanded anything of value, Asbury Park Deputy Chief Anthony Salerno said. […]

Asbury Park’s custom jeans and vintage apparel shop Sweet Joey’s was selected as the first video in the “Made in Asbury Park” series to be released on YouTube. The series is produced by Asbury Park Waterfront, master waterfront redeveloper iStar Residential’s marketing initiative, as a means to celebrate thriving Asbury Park businesses. Eight videos will […]

An art show and fundraiser at Hotel Tides on August 3 will showcase pieces created by Center clients during a 13-week creativity workshop. The workshop, meant to foster self-awareness and a sense of well-being, utilized art as a segue to more open verbal communication. Local artist Steven Brunner organized the workshop and led the group […]

A 24-year old was robbed Monday after he stopped to give two men a few spare dollars. While walking home from the beach at approximately 10:20 a.m., a resident was approached by two men near the corner of First and Grand avenues, one of whom asked the resident for two dollars, Asbury Park police Deputy […]

A second-alarm structure fire in a multi-family dwelling in Asbury Park left one adult and three children without a home Tuesday morning. Asbury Park firefighters responded to a fire in the second floor apartment at 510 Sixth Avenue at 10:17 a.m., according to Fire Marshall Garrett Giberson. The fire originated in a second floor unit of […]

With packed beaches, John Eddie’s return to the Stone Pony with his Dirty Ole Band, and a Fourth of July fireworks display that was rescheduled, parking along the Asbury Park waterfront was scarce most of the day Saturday. By 6 p.m. the beaches were cleared so Garden State Fireworks could complete setup for the display, […]