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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]