The Asbury Park City Council approved a smoking ban on city beaches by a 3 to 2 vote during its Wednesday night Regular meeting. Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn and Councilman Jesse Kendle cast the no votes.  The new regulation will prohibit smoking or littering of tobacco products on all public beaches. Those products, according to […]

With the summer gone and the boardwalk a bit emptier, some local residents are dismayed to find they can’t ride their bikes on the boards between noon and midnight. Bicycling on the boardwalk from noon to midnight has been prohibited year round since June 2009, but some city residents have recently asked if the rules […]

Installation of about 20 bike racks in the downtown area began today on Cookman Avenue. About 10 racks were installed today and the rest should be in place by the end of the week. Each rack installed today has a sign advising cyclists to wait until tomorrow, Sept. 12, to use them so the concrete […]