The City of Asbury Park continues to light up the holiday season with two tree lighting ceremonies this weekend, along with a host of other holiday festivities happening through the week. Tonight, the city will hold its annual tree lighting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. in Fireman’s Park at Main Street and Sunset Avenue. Tomorrow evening, […]

Officers from the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [MCSPCA], local Humane Society and Asbury Park Police provided members of the public with information on the services they provide and what to look for when confronted with a possible animal cruelty situation at a town hall meeting held at the Wonder Bar […]

Members of the Asbury Park City Council presented a proclamation to representatives from the annual Light of Day Festival declaring the week of January 12 “Light of Day Week” in the city. Light of Day is a five-day concert series that raises funds for research and treatments for Parkinson’s disease and related illnesses. The festival […]

Nestled in between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is Small Business Saturday, when holiday shoppers are encouraged to “shop small” at local businesses instead of big name department stores and large chain stores. Founded by American Express in 2010, Small Business Saturday takes place Saturday, Nov. 30 — the day after Black Friday. American Express customers […]

The city council is scheduled to meet tonight in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 5 p.m., followed by a workshop session at 6 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda for […]

Asbury Park has scored next-to-last among the eight cities surveyed in New Jersey that measures the LGBT “friendliness” of cities across the nation, according to a report released by the Human Rights Campaign [HRC]. Nearby Ocean Grove ranked second, along with New Brunswick. The HRC’s Municipal Equality Index scrutinizes the laws, policies, and services of […]

[Update: The time of the tree lighting and details of photo opportunities with Santa Claus have changed since this article was first published. This version reflects those changes.] Get ready to kick off the holiday season in Convention Hall on Saturday, Nov. 30. Boardwalk representatives have announced festivities for the annual tree lighting will begin at […]

Members of the Asbury Park City Council are expected to address the issue of holiday parking rates at their next meeting on Nov. 26. Options are free parking, or free parking for three hours, in the downtown and waterfront. Reduced rates are also an option. One council member says that visitors will be given some […]

The city’s auditor has been contracted to conduct an audit of the Asbury Park Enterprise Zone Development Corporation, otherwise known as the UEZ. Members of the Asbury Park City Council voted to authorize David Kaplan’s firm DAK CPA to conduct an audit of the UEZ program from June 30, 2008 up to the present. Kaplan’s […]

Come the end of November, a number of the people and locations in and around Asbury Park will be featured in the newest Local Quarterly magazine [at right]. The contemporary magazine sends reporters out to gather stories from a different American city for every issue. The Asbury Park issue will be their third. Previous cities include […]