A group of Asbury Park students and adults met early Thursday morning at Springwood Avenue Park to participate in Bike to School Day, administered by school officials and EZ Ride’s Lisa Lee, manager of bike & pedestrian programs and the Safe Routes to School coordinator. Held in recognition of National Bike Month the ride traversed […]

During Saturday’s snowfall few gave thought to riding a bicycle, but at Second Life Bikes it was all students of Barack Obama Elementary School had on their mind. “It’s not working,” fifth-grader Joey Nichols said as he tried to inflate the back tire of a tricycle destined for 2-year-old Cayla Rhine [below left], who had […]

Fifth-grader Amira Gates of Asbury Park has captured the first honor on the road to being named a national Future Chef. “When I first went inside I felt nervous, but then I heard everything was going to be fine,” she said. Gates [at right] was one of 21 elementary students from the school district’s Barack […]