In one week, downtown Asbury Park will have a new attraction whose aim is to draw people who appreciate locally-grown produce and homemade products. A farmer’s market called “Asbury Fresh Saturday Market” will debut on Saturday, May 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Kennedy Park on Cookman Avenue. The market will be open […]

The Arthur Pryor band shell above the Sunset Avenue pavilion has been stripped down to its steel shell, as the wood on the structure was rotting and becoming a safety hazard, according to officials of the city and boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette. Asbury Park director of planning and redevelopment Donald Sammet, who confirmed that the […]

The Asbury Park Police Department arrested Eddie Martin, 44, of Neptune, after he allegedly broke the window of a car and entered it. On Sunday, April 22, at 12:30 a.m., Officer Craig Breiner heard glass breaking in the 200 block of Second Avenue, according to a prepared release from the Asbury Park Police Department. He […]

Area residents are being asked to come together for a still important cause on May 6 — AIDS awareness. HIV and AIDS reached epidemic levels in the 1980s. Now, it is possible to live with AIDS but it is still a chronic disease, according to The Center’s founder and executive director Rev. Robert. F. Kaeding, […]

Some of Asbury Park’s four-legged residents could enjoy more boardwalk time this year. The city council advised city attorney Fred Raffetto at Wednesday night’s council meeting to draft an ordinance extending the time of year dogs are allowed on the boardwalk. Currently, a city ordinance allows dogs on the boardwalk — as long as they […]

A special prosecutor appointed by the city council to investigate the conduct of housing authority members during the tenure of former executive director Mark Holmes has issued a sweeping exoneration of current authority members and “any Board member who may have recently tendered his or her resignation.” “They appeared to have exercised their duties as […]

Izameke Legagneur dropped out of high school a few years ago. But thanks to a local organization, he is working toward his goal of attending trade school for electrician and HVAC work. Legagneur is one of the local young adults who gain work experience through community service in the New Jersey Youth Corps. The Corps […]

The city council is scheduled to begin discussions tonight on extending or making permanent a pilot program to allow dogs on all areas of the city’s boardwalk in the off-season from Oct. 1 through April 30. The current program expires on April 30, according to city attorney Frederick Raffetto. The question for the council will […]

At Wednesday night’s council workshop session, which starts at 6 p.m., the city plans to discuss communicating with the public regarding the upcoming Bamboozle music festival under an agenda item reading “Schedule Bamboozle Public Awareness Meetings.” In addition, the governing body is scheduled to discuss in closed executive session unspecified amendments to its festival contract […]

With John McGillion’s purchase of the Bistro Olé building, a beer garden is one step closer to Main Street. McGillion, owner of Johnny Mac House of Spirits, is scheduled to close on the purchase of the neighboring building this Friday. Bistro Olé, a restaurant serving Spanish and Portuguese cuisine, will remain in operation, he said. […]