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Asbury Park

Johnny Mac’s Festooning can stay

New guidelines set for Main Street expansion

By Michelle Gladden
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The Asbury Park Planning Board has granted restauranteur Johnny McGillion the right to keep the festooning affixed to his 208 Main Street pub and eatery. Board attorney Jack Serpico said a subcommittee met with project officials to establish new parameters for the Main Street business’ expansion. The Planning Board granted McGillion final site plan approval […]

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Sep 16, 2015
Asbury Park

Zombie Walk may be headed back to Asbury Park

Organizers to meet with city special events committee Thursday

By Michelle Gladden
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Zombie Walk organizers have submitted an application to move forward with the annual event here in Asbury Park, Mayor John Moor said. “They put in an application two days ago,” Moor said in a telephone interview. “They will be making a presentation to the Special Events Committee on Thursday.” In an open letter to the […]

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Sep 16, 2015
Asbury Park

Indian summer is on its way

Post Labor Day festival returns with an added flare and overnight camping

By Michelle Gladden
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Indian Summer Festival organizers announced today that the post Labor Day musical event will expand into a two-day offering with the option of camping overnight near a bonfire. The festival returns Sept. 26 and 27 at the Anchor’s Bend along the Asbury Park Boardwalk. “I always think of that line from Fight Club, the one […]

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Sep 15, 2015
Asbury Park

The Sun’s City Council Preview

Budget, Bradley Cove, Route 71 improvements on agenda

By Michelle Gladden
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The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 4:30 p.m., followed by a public workshop session at 6:30 p.m. and the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on […]

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Sep 09, 2015
Asbury Park

The Sun’s City Council Preview

Bradley Cove, Route 71 repavement & liquor license renewals on agenda

By Michelle Gladden
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The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. The public participation session takes place near the end of the meeting, after comments from city officials. Items on the agenda for the meeting include: • A special […]

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Sep 08, 2015
Deal

Stranded seal gets new home in Virginia Beach

Injured one-year-old was found Valentine's Day on Deal Beach

By Michelle Gladden
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The young male harbor seal found on the Deal beach back on Valentine’s Day will get a chance to live out its life in Virginia Beach, Va. The one-year-old seal was found with lacerations on its neck and puncture wounds on its back, according to Bob Schoelkopf of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center [MMSC] in […]

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Sep 08, 2015
Asbury Park

Gofundme Campaign launched to transform Merchant’s Park

Downtown revitalization prompts local organizers to refurbish park

By Michelle Gladden
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As the downtown corridor’s revitalization continues to offer residents and visitors new shops and dining experiences, local organizers are working to create a fitting homage a patch of land at the corner of Main Street and Cookman Avenue. Fittingly named Merchant’s Park, the odd shaped lot, left neglected for years, will be transformed into a […]

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Sep 01, 2015
Asbury Park

Fasano opts to pull Dollar Tree and Main Street project

Request for local job hires stalls $2.9 million project

By Michelle Gladden
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Local developer Pat Fasano said he’s had enough. The Asbury Park resident said he will pull his proposed Dollar Tree store development at the former Getty gas station site and refurbishment of the Main Street block between Third and Fourth Avenues [shown in its current state above]. “I’m not interested,” Fasano said via telephone Thursday […]

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Aug 27, 2015
Asbury Park

Fasano seeks tax relief for Dollar Tree project

City Council wants lease stipulation for local hires

By Michelle Gladden
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Local developer Pat Fasano is caught between a municipal rock and a corporate hard place. The 15-year developer has sought for two years to construct a Dollar Tree store along Main Street at Fourth Avenue, where the Getty gas station once operated. And while preliminary site plan approval was granted June 1 for the 9,400-square […]

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Aug 27, 2015
Asbury Park

The Sun’s City Council Preview

Budget, boardwalk lighting project & wastewater plant repairs on agenda

By Michelle Gladden
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The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 4:30 p.m., followed by a public workshop session at 6:30 p.m. and the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on […]

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