The second day of the Bamboozle music festival is set to open at 2:00 p.m. today, with estimates for attendance double last night’s crowd. According to Asbury Park city manager Terry Reidy, approximately 23,000 were on hand Friday. That exceeded the projections of Bamboozle promoter LiveNation which predicted 20,000. LiveNation predicts 40,000 today in Asbury […]

The Bamboozle event area is ready for today’s opening of the three-day music festival in Asbury Park. The Sun’s Molly Mulshine was on the scene. Crowds of 90,000 are expected over the three days of the festival, with concert promoter LiveNation estimating attendance at 20,000 today, 40,000 on Saturday and 30,000 on Sunday. The festival […]

With tomorrow the start of the three-day Bamboozle music festival, the main stage straddling the boardwalk on the north end appears this morning to be completed. Streets in the northern waterfront area east of Kingsley Avenue are already closed off. While security staff from festival organizer LiveNation are shooing away curiosity-seekers, the festival area was […]

With two days to go until the Bamboozle music festival commences on the Asbury Park waterfront, the event area is a hub of activity. Workers were on the scene early this morning finalizing the construction of the Bamboozle main stage, shown above, which straddles the boardwalk just south of the Asbury Towers senior citizen high […]

After declaring the case closed, city police have reopened their investigation into the theft of 27 antique copper panels that once hung on the side of Convention Hall, according to a report in the Coaster newspaper. The panels — which had been removed for maintenance work on the building — were reported stolen on Aug. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Several local environmental groups are coming together at a rally to preserve open space this weekend at the north end of Asbury Park. The Jersey Shore Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation and Citizens for Oceanfront Preservation are orchestrating the rally, which begins at noon Saturday at the North Beach parking lot and dunes. A dune-planting […]