Members of Asbury Park’s North Jersey Coast Line Coalition have requested a meeting with New Jersey Transit Executive Director Veronique Hakim to push for year-round direct train service between New York and Asbury Park. Members of the coalition’s executive board introduced themselves at a NJ Transit public board meeting Wednesday. The group seeks to bring […]

The first Super Safe Summer event in Asbury Park event is scheduled for Saturday, June 14 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the future site of the Springwood Avenue Park, between Union and Atkins avenues. The event will highlight all the summer programs available to the city’s youth. The event is free and open to the public. […]

A vacant building adjacent to the Lakehouse has been approved for renovations. The Asbury Park planning board unanimously approved an application for renovations to the Lake Avenue façade of 644 Cookman Ave. at their Monday meeting. The plan proposes a new brick facade with a corrugated aluminum awning and windows lining the ground floors providing an […]

From June 4 through 10, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: JUNE 4 • A 27-year-old male from Wall Township was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct in the 1000 block of Bangs Avenue. JUNE 5 • A 24-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with simple assault and criminal mischief […]

After hearing the testimony from four different applicants, leaving just 45 minutes remaining in the meeting, members of the Asbury Park planning board voted to postpone K. Hovnanian’s application to build 28 townhomes in the western waterfront to a special meeting to be held June 19. The board also granted permission by a 6-2 vote […]

Downtown Bangs Avenue was abuzz with the sights of over 200 professional and amateur artisans who tested out the latest in fine art supplies from industry leaders Winsor & Newton, Liquitex and Conté à Paris at the Collective Art Tank’s Third Annual Day of Demos held Saturday. The yearly event brings the 19 North American […]

To celebrate their recent partnership and new Asbury Park offices, Jersey Shore  At Anytime, Gold Mobile and Marshall, Jackson & Partners are celebrating with a ribbon cutting ceremony followed by an “Art Block Party” Thursday, June 12, from 4:30 to 9 p.m, according to a release from event organizers. The event will feature food, fun and live entertainment from over […]

Asbury Park police are investigating the mysterious uprooting of five saplings within the 100 block of Dewitt Avenue.  The department was notified about the uprooting of the trees at around 8:45 Friday morning by City Engineer Joe Cunha, according to Asbury Park Police Chief Mark Kinmon.  “We did take a report and are looking into […]

Another new business has opened up on downtown Bangs Avenue. Evaporate Lounge caters to the growing subculture of e-cigarette users, or “vapers,” since what they inhale is a vaporized mixture of food-grade flavorings combined with propylene glycol or vegetable glycerine rather than the combustible ingredients traditional tobacco products. Many vapers, including store owners Chris Cook […]

A major step forward toward the realization of the Springwood Avenue Park took place Wednesday when the Asbury Park City Council selected an engineering company to provide design services for the project. The vote was 3-0. Mayor Myra Campbell and council members Amy Quinn and John Loffredo voted yes. Deputy Mayor Sue Henderson and Councilman […]