Asbury Park will see its first-ever St. Patrick’s Day parade next year. The Asbury Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee is in the initial planning stages for the event, scheduled for Sunday, March 9, 2014, according to the parade website. The tentative parade route will start at Fourth and Ocean avenues and travel south on […]

A second hearing in the Asbury Park ballot challenge case turned into an all-day closed-door work session for those named in the suit and their lawyers. Daniel Harris III, an unsuccessful candidate on the A-Team slate, filed a challenge last month to the results of the May 14 city council election. His petition seeks to […]

The owners of Mogo, the Korean taco pop-up on the Asbury Park boardwalk, must find a private contractor to transport firewood onto the beach and perform cleanup if they are to host the weekly Friday night bonfires. Boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette had sponsored the event in past years, but declined to do so this season. […]

Decorative scrims covering the cement and rebar skeleton of the Esperanza building have been installed by waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners. The scrims are part of the Summer Experience initiative initiated by waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial, which is the majority shareholder in Asbury Partners. IStar recently placed hammocks, lockers and bath houses on the waterfront for members of its […]

Construction on the Springwood Avenue Park and Recreation Area in Asbury Park is underway. Ground-breaking was last week on the lot off Springwood Avenue between Atkins and Union avenues. The first item on the park’s construction agenda is a playground in the northwest corner of the lot [pictured in background at top.] The park will […]

Former Asbury Park Mayor Ed Johnson promised his post-mayor days would be active. Plans include the start of his own consulting firm — Ed Johnson Asbury Park — that will bring his knowledge of community building and resource management to governments, private companies and non-profit agencies, according to his new firm’s website. And Johnson [shown […]

About fifteen Asbury Park residents, including community leaders and ministers, gathered at city hall last night to speak out against what they say was racially biased treatment of Mayor Myra Campbell during her swearing-in ceremony. The group also called for the opening of 364 ballots that were disallowed by the Monmouth County Board of Elections […]

A new Italian restaurant is headed into the old Yoga Basin space on Mattison Avenue in Asbury Park. “Cibo e Vino,” which translates into “food and wine,” in English, will be the second Asbury-based restaurant owned and operated by Jim and Karen DeGiglio, owners of Fish Urban Dining. The two restaurants will be next door […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: The recent events in Asbury Park — the election of Myra Campbell as mayor — and the anger that followed her election, expressed in what some would call “verbal violence,” brought to my mind the writings of William Shakespeare and a song sung by the late Etta James. Shakespeare in […]

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 […]